I TRIED TO JUSTIFY THE GOTH SCENE...

"...but the relevence was low."

now, as you know, i stay out of office politics. but lately i find that i'm being drawn inexorably inward. my ideas are being overlooked and it's damaging my megalomania. i'll give you latest example.

at the end of my last meeting with bruce, peter-from-roads stood in the doorway with basil and waited to ask bruce a question about drainage. y'see rainwater that falls on the bridge runs off to the sides where it is collected and runs away hidden in little pipes concealed in the parapet/barrier/balustrade. however, once the bridge ends, the water runs to the side of the road where a reinforced earth retaining wall sits with the barrier on the lip. adding scuppers here creates a problem because dumping water off the top of the retaining wall would be unsightly.

at this point i suggested my solution. and it was not only shot down but i think a few of my coworkers were laughing at my idea. here's the thing... it's not like this idea i proposed hasn't been in use for hundreds of years. engineers often forget that we don't always have to use solutions found in 'the latest' construction publications. a wise engineer draws also from history. i have many books on famous bridges and structures. my mind quickly remembered a simple solution to our scupper problem.

why don't we use gargoyles?

or cherubs?

sure it would require a little redesign to accomodate the gothic stacked stone pillars but many other successful bridges have incorporated gargoyles into their architecture. see the picture on the left. roebling seemlessly integrated the gargoyle shown into the gothic architecture of the brooklyn bridge.

my proposal is far more simple but, at the same time, very practical. i've modified the architect's impression of cornubia interchange 'ramp a' over 'link b' to reflect my vision.