Tuesday, February 11, 2014

On the Brink

Missing railings, Ponte del Mercato, Livorno
Last week a car crashed through part of the railings of the Ponte del Mercato and almost fell off, stopping on the brink. The usual and ubiquitous barriers have been deployed...

See also: Ponte del Mercato

10 comments:

  1. Good grief! We'd have to close the bridge here in the States.

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  2. I hope they build something sturdier...

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  3. Thank goodness the driver could stop before falling off. The bridge looks even scarier now with just that frail railing.

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  4. I agree with Revrunner. Over here, that temporary railing would be completely inadequate. The driver was lucky not to go over.

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  5. Good for the driver that he stopped there. I like the big, yellow building, behind the bridge.

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  6. Interesting. Was the driver drunk or something? I can't imagine something like that happening under normal circumstances.

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