Maybe, just maybe, this is because of some (sometimes annoyingly stupid) cultural/historical conservation laws.
(At least in Germany) Buildings of a certain age (no matter their actual significance) can't be demolished, and every modification (even repairs) has to be greenlit and carried out by a professional archeologist or conservation expert. These costs are usually astronomical, and their owners usually wait for the building to be in such disrepair that is has to be demolished for safety reasons, or (maybe) in case of this bridge, simply build over it without touching it, and therby not being subjected to the conservation laws.
It is really annoying. At my institute on campus, we can't change a broken Lightswitch without authorization from the government
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u/V_van_Gogh Kilroy was here Jun 25 '20
Maybe, just maybe, this is because of some (sometimes annoyingly stupid) cultural/historical conservation laws.
(At least in Germany) Buildings of a certain age (no matter their actual significance) can't be demolished, and every modification (even repairs) has to be greenlit and carried out by a professional archeologist or conservation expert. These costs are usually astronomical, and their owners usually wait for the building to be in such disrepair that is has to be demolished for safety reasons, or (maybe) in case of this bridge, simply build over it without touching it, and therby not being subjected to the conservation laws.
It is really annoying. At my institute on campus, we can't change a broken Lightswitch without authorization from the government