CROOKED LETTER "I" , HUMPBACK, HUMPBACK

My first bridge love was the Eads in St. Louis over the Mississippi. Going to one Cardinal baseball game per year with the Little League.

We would ride the Big Yellow, pack a lunch, get there early and stay till the night game was over. They always put a picture of all of us in the newspaper. Little Leapers, Minor Leaguers, and Ex-Minor League boys ages 8-12.

Besides the traditional singing of "99Bottles of Beer on the Wall," came the spelling of the Mighty Mississip. M-I crooked letter, crooked letter i,crooked letter, crooked letter i, humpback, humpback i. I bet lots of MTV boys learned how to spell Mississippi that way. I know I did.

The Brooklyn Bridge, the Bridge at Coronado, the Golden Gate, the one(s) over the Seine, and the beautiful Charles Bridge (pictured) are other great ones. The bridge in Sydney, I know, is our daughter's favorite since she climbed it a few years ago. The span over the water leading into Sarasota, Florida, is one of the scariest bridges I've crossed over.

There are tons more all over the world. A beautiful one in Panama City that joins Central and South America is yet another worth mentioning.

The ones worth forgetting are the suspension ones you walk over as they sway and sink. That's where my love of bridges ceases.