Winter

I walked this road near Pittsfield, PA earlier, 1 and 1/2 miles along which a bridge has been detoured for nearly two years. The detour only affects about a dozen homes, so the priority for its replacement is low, and reflects funding, light road use and other factors that rural areas struggle with. The original bridge was a stone and concrete arch scarcely more than one car width, and the new one likely will be a concrete structure typical of modern construction. The house across the river is the dwelling most affected, although because of the nearest town's location, the occupants would rarely approach from the direction I walked. The detour is an inconvenience only when one has to travel directly south, which requires a 4 or 5 mile looping circle…It will be interesting to see how long construction takes, considering that the I-95 bridge in Philadelphia that was destroyed in June 2023 was replaced permanently by May of 2024, with a temporary bridge functioning within 12 days. The urban necessity of high volume traffic showed how efficient modern workers can be when not constrained by bureaucracy and other factors-which to me was gratifying after observing how slow the wheels usually turn....As for the pigeons, my eye naturally went to the rebel on the left who decided to turn the other way