# The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge - Host: [tylervigen.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/tylervigen.com/) - Saved: September 10, 2023 (2023-09-11T02:57:18Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/98238dc7f7d0/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/98238dc7f7d0.json ## What Jamie wrote I love this article so much. Perhaps I love it because I know the bridge it is about. Most folks in the Twin Cities would pass under this bridge when driving on I-494. But Vigen asks the question "Why?" This pedestrian bridge doesn't seem to serve a purpose, so he sets about to answer why it exists. The depths that he pursues to answer that question are impressive. I’m not going to give it away, but I loved this highlight. > While I am dedicated to this search, I am not about to fly down to Kansas City to dig through federal archives, especially when those documents may or may not be there... > > ...just kidding. Of course I flew down to Kansas City to dig through the federal archives! Yes, he flew to Kansas City in pursuit of the answer. This is a wonderful, delightful read. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT261: Weekly Thing 261 / Bloomfield Bridge, Critical Ignoring, Subscription Era](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/261/), Featured ## Saved the same week - [Ultra-processed foods: the 19 things everyone needs to know | Food | The Guardian](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/97b0d231dba4/) (theguardian.com, September 7, 2023) - [Tidal Energy - Not Renewable](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b46ab8fa143d/) (cs.stanford.edu, September 7, 2023) - [“Healthy tension” between Product and Engineering? No thanks, I’d prefer alignment. | Lee Zukor](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f9796dc9f15f/) (leezukor.com, September 10, 2023) - [Northern Virginia's Data Center Industry Is Booming](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fef1e0d9c8eb/) (dcist.com, September 10, 2023) - [AI Emojis](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/cdcb2fac0afb/) (emoji.fly.dev, September 10, 2023) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://tylervigen.com/the-mystery-of-the-bloomfield-bridge