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Demolition of a 1/2 mile section of structural steel beams took place at 12:33 AM on Tuesday morning, August 29, 2006.

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Old Wilson Bridge over Alexandria's Jones Point Park is detonated at 12:33 a.m., August 29.
Photo Credit: Bert Goulait, Washington Times

 

Bridge of Misery
© 2006 Thomas Aquinas O’Brien

Bridge of misery
The old Wilson Bridge
How many times we’ve
Been stuck on it

At six am
Or midnight
You never failed
To take our time

And I will never
Shed a tear
To see it gone
The Old Wilson Bridge
The Old Wilson Bridge

And I will never
Shed a tear
The Old Wilson Bridge
The Old Wilson Bridge

And I remember
Been more than 20 years
On that fateful span
The flat that I had
I drove the rim off
Just to get the heck off
The gestures that you gave
Weren’t a peace sign

Oh welcome to
Virginia and Maryland
And cross into
The District of Columbia
And never forget
The people you’re holding up
Or you’ll be swimming
In the Potomac