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Driving past the somewhat delayed new Inglewood Bridge, I could not help but reflect on what it takes to build a bridge. Through a bit of research, I learned that Amsterdam has over 1,200 bridges, the most of any city in the world. The oldest bridge was constructed in 1648, and that the maintenance and the building of bridges in that city is a year-round and very expensive proposition costing millions of euros annually. It takes a lot of talent, time and planning to build a bridge and it takes a lot of effort to maintain them once they are constructed.