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OpinionOctober 9, 2004

To the editor: I am interested in preserving the Mississippi River Bridge because it was finished in 1929, the same year I was born. I can remember the first time that I crossed the bridge -- it was like going to a different country. I was around 11 or 12 years old. I went to Ware, Ill., my first time away from Missouri. Thanks for the memories...

To the editor:

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I am interested in preserving the Mississippi River Bridge because it was finished in 1929, the same year I was born. I can remember the first time that I crossed the bridge -- it was like going to a different country. I was around 11 or 12 years old. I went to Ware, Ill., my first time away from Missouri. Thanks for the memories.

JOHN A NISWONGER, St. Cloud, Fla.

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