Sharraxaadda
For now more than three years, a panel of the S.Leandro St. overpass railing over the High street freeway on/off chute has been missing. A traffic accident took it out long ago leaving a gaping hole over a hefty drop to the embankment below and I haven't seen a DPW truck stop once even to look it over.
4 Faalladas
Andy B. (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
Yikes. I've seen the gap in the guardrail, but never imagined such a grisly origin... It's a bridge over State Highway 77, and therefore owned by California (so DPW isn't allowed to fix it... nor would they be paid to).
It seems, however, that Caltrans started building a freeway, forgot about it, and haven't touched it since. One of the bridges is dated 1949....
The marker is a block away, it should be at 42nd Avenue (which is signed from 880 as "High Street").
tiomalo (Martida)
The accident wasn't grisly, just drunken and noisy. ( I saw it living just next door.)
You're right: the marker should be up a block at 42nd ave. specifically. But the State of CA being the owner could well mean that we are s*** out of luck in the short term. We should just fix it ourselves with a public art/welding/anarchist public works project.
Anonymous (Martida)
Dear Mr./Ms. Malo:
Thank you for contacting Public Works call center regarding the missing guardrail at 925-1035 High Street area. Your tracking number is registered as 328760.
Regards,
PWA Call Center
La xidhay Andy B. (Martida)
Someone (DPW?) put up some chain-link fencing! I guess, technically, the problem is solved! At least solved enough. Little kids won't fall onto the freeway now.
Yay!