July 5, 2009 9:24 am

Tokeneke bridge is falling down.

Well, not quite.

But it is close enough that it is closed to traffic, and since a lot of local revenues are already dwindling if not drying up, local officials are keeping their fingers crossed that the bridge doesn’t fall into the Five Mile River, causing an emergency.

Brian Lockhart reports for the Stamford Advocate.

Anonymous

$700 million to dismantle a bridge? Surely that has got to be a typo. If not, someone’s on the take.
Old Timer

Typo or someone on the take ? Is it possible that is just a guess and nobody has solicited bids ? If all they need to take out is the span and decking, they may find it is not that expensive. If they intend to remove everything, that will cost a lot more and yield very little extra benefit. Now might be a good time to get a very good price on a job like that.
Secondhand Rose

Wonder if the Darienites will refuse en masse to allow the bridge to be replaced, as the Silvermine-ites are attempting to do with the Perry Avenue Merritt Pkwy bridge.
Anonymous

No one is mentioning that a collapse and flood can undermine the nearby underground fuel tanks buried at the adjacent Rowayton Fuel Oil depot on Jacob Street.
Anonymous

She’s baaaaaaaaack and ready to opine her way into the whackosphere’s hearts and (what’s left of their) minds! You betcha! I finally figured out who SHR REALLY IS. Just look north to Alasky! But why Norwalk?
Anonymous

TROLL.
Anonymous

That’s a perfect description of SHR/Wasillabilly!
Grow up already

D’uh, #5 & #7, “troll” refers to you. As you have so quickly demonstrated by your posts here.
Anonymous

Looks like SHR has switched to another alias. If she had the cojones to back all her statements about user identities on this blog, she’d post under her real name.
Secondhand Rose

*yawn*

Amazing how uttering the words “register to post” can make certain people’s hackles rise. One wonders exactly what it is that they are so desperate to hide from everyone else. Or is it that by using a screen name you would have to actually be accountable for nasty or libelous remarks? ( Gee, nobody ever said you would have to use your legal name, so relax, sweetie pie).

Your tiny little tantrum appears to me to be a tempest in a teapot.

Feel better now, honey?

Good thing registering is Turfgirl’s idea and not mine. I just happen to agree with it. And it’s obvious by the remarks made by some posters (such as Mr./Ms. Cojones up there) the sooner it takes place, the better.