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" It's Bush's fault! "

" the city would have money to fix the bridge if it hadnt wasted it all on pelo and the colisium besides its on the west side and 94%of state farmers leave east of main st. does anyone knows if pelo gets a rebate check or not "

" I'm at a lost here. What does the camel back bridge have to do will the R.R. I was sure that the train ran under that bridge and not over it. So therefore the R.R. didn't own it, and they didn't have to maintain it. What difference does it make which side of Bloomington the bridges are on? That bridge on Market st. is still in use by the R.R. and it should have been repaired. But if nobody complaines to the R.R. then the R.R. isn't going to know that it's tracks are falling apart. After all just how many trains go over them tracks a day or a week? As far as the bridges on the east side. They have been gone for 20 years, so whats there to complain about? "

" Last time I checked Main Street was the east west dividing line. Camel Back Bridge is on the East Side (Not to mention the Bridge at Vernon Ave. near Campus). As well as, Bloomington took out the IC Railway bridges on Washington, Emerson, and Oakland Ave. (All East Side Bridges) See what happens when you allow hell bent governments go get a hold of bridges that were just sitting there doing nothing and not making any noise or anything.
Happy Weekend! "

" FTA:...removed the structure following Thursday’s problem. Regarding the walkway... How is that going to affect the overall structural integrity of the bridge. Generally when you take away part of the entire design you weaken the structure. Just put a big net there to catch the falling wood... problem fixed. "

" To Booklover and Zeva, I think Bizzyboddy was joking around. It IS Friday! "

" to bizzyboddy;

There are no bridges on the east side. And the bridge isn't falling into disrepair because of east/west side rivalries. That particular bridge is maintained by the railroad companies; Blo-No aint allowed to touch it. "

" Everytime I went by there today there were the same city guys in their trucks haning out by the closing. perhpas you could put one of them to work on the bridge or maybe their time would be better suited on another project? I bet that cost us about 1k today to sit and watch the bridge. What's the point of that? To watch falling ties? And does it really take 4-guys to do that? "

" I'm actually intrigued... as a bona-fide spinal injury victim (broadsided, my door, by a car running a stop at 40+mph, causing multiple hairline fissures, both lumbar and cervical vertebrae damage, with the grand topper of spinal cord compression), I may not be an expert but... wouldn't braking to a stop bring the body (and spine) FORWARD?
Most serious injuries to the back/spine happen when it is manipulated into an unnatural state, as in snapping backward (ie: rear-end impact) or twisting sideways (ie: broadside impact). It's my understanding that the spine is pretty resilient when it comes to FORWARD manipulation...
I may be wrong, but I will say this: in my 8+ years' experience, I've encountered many other "back injury" victims. Many were quite clearly injured, some, like myself, for the permanent run.
Some literally "danced" from the parking lot to the doc's waiting room... (uh-huh)

I wish *I* was one of the "dancers"... ;-(

I'm just curious as to how being thrown "forward" (without hitting the steering wheel or windshield) would cause any kind of back or spinal injury...anyone? "

" Atleast the city won't have to worry about it's exposure to RIMCO. Although they probably would deny it anyway. "

" Help me out folks, where is their a bridge on the east side? As far as I know their is none. So how did "bizzybody" come to this conclusion? This railroad tressel DOES NOT belong to the city, so what would the east side have to do with it? This is the property of the railroad and they have no interest in if it's on the north, east, south or the west. So sides of town have nothing to do with it. "

" Looks like Unoin Pacific RR used all their funds tearing down the the old telegraph poles on Route66. The Hawks used to perch on them. I don't see near as many Hawks now. They also went crazy spraying defoliant along the tracks.
They should have used the $$ to keep briges from falling in. "

" This never happens to bridges on the east side "

" To bad it wasn't me...I could have used a new car and faked a back injury "

" That's an important artery- you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out an alternative route, but it is an inconvenience. I must have missed the part of the story about the woman who injured her back stopping the car in the previous incident. That's a freak injury at best. Watch out, City of Bloomington and Union Pacific- Some folks are always looking to win the lottery... "

" I hope the city of Bloomington is putting all possible pressure on the railroad to fix this bridge properly, and soon. Are they waiting for someone to get killed before it is fixed correctly? A Mickey Mouse job of repairs obviously isn't going to cut it. Maybe city officials need to get our U.S. Representatives involved in getting this taken care of once and for all. Something needs to be done permanently, not just a temporary fix. "

" While they're at it, just tear it up and build a new one. The road in that area is in dire need of repair. "

" It's funny, I was just driving under that bridge a few days ago and looked up and though, this thing just looks worse than ever and that someone is going to get hurt soon. I'm sad to see my thought was so on target... "