I wish the Indy would cease editorializing titles and subtitles of other people’s letters and opinion pieces as was done with Rosanne Crawford’s piece on the Mission Creek Bridge. Words matter.
The Mission Creek Bridge at Rocky Nook Park is a Santa Barbara City Historic Landmark. It’s unique in Southern California and highly valued in the Caltrans Bridge Inventory of 2003 by Stacie Ham, “Historic Bridges of California” by Donald S. Napoli (2004), Historic Highway Bridges of California by Stephen D. Mikesell (1990), with eligibility and nomination to the National Register. It is not just an “old bridge” to be discarded on a rubbish heap.
This bridge is not “troubled.” Desire for “free” money above all else is troubling.