Fun Facts About East-End Bridge: TOP 10 LIST

The spectre of a Kettle Island bridge has raised its head again and east-end residents are predictably unhappy.

But maybe they’ll be merrier when they learn some fun facts about the proposed span.

We do this, as ever, by way of a Top 10 list:

Top 10 Fun Facts About The Kettle Island Bridge:

10. Bridge built with coffee, donuts and duct tape;

9. NCC names it The Timbridge;

8. Architect’s Red Green and Associates LLC;

7. Safety tested by Canadian Food Inspection Agency;

6. First 15,000 drivers get chocolate-glazed and double-double;

5. First 27 drivers to safely cross bridge get year’s free parking at Timmy’s;

4. No Number 4 … Tierney holding it up;

3. “On-time and on-budget,” NCC says;

2. Bet365 puts odds of crossing bridge at three-to-one;

1. “Looks OK to me,” former Ottawa mayor Jim Watson says.

Ken Gray

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