# Somebody stole a bridge

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-stole-a-bridge/956024>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 14, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-stole-a-bridge/956024 "2021-12-14T05:14:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-stole-a-bridge/956024/21 "2021-12-21T14:11:14Z")

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They needed to have officers Colon and Nobbs on the job-- This never would have happened under their watchful eye.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-stole-a-bridge/956024/22 "2021-12-21T14:15:22Z")

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> [@commasense](#):
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> Ohio Man has a long way to go to match Florida Man, but this is a start.

That’s because Ohio Man doesn’t do stupid stuff, they just [leave](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2015/11/17/MIGroup/Lansing/635833723144754102-Astronaut.JPG)

> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Now the police are investigating the theft of several staircases.
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> Steps have been taken.

Toilet stolen from precinct house.

Police have nothing to go on!

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-stole-a-bridge/956024/23 "2021-12-21T17:05:53Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Steps have been taken.

Micreants need to tread lightly.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-stole-a-bridge/956024/24 "2021-12-21T17:26:37Z")

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It wasn’t the entire bridge, but when they were restoring Boston’s Longfellow Bridge (the “salt shaker” bridge between Boston and Cambridge, over which the red line runs) somebody stole the decorative ironwork:

> **[2 workers nailed in Longfellow iron theft](https://www.bostonherald.com/2008/09/12/2-workers-nailed-in-longfellow-iron-theft/)**
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> Two state employees have been charged with stealing $500,000 worth of historic, decorative iron – swiped from the ailing Longfellow Bridge – then selling it to a scrap yard for just $12…

> **[2 ex-Mass. workers ordered to pay for bridge theft](http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/06/14/2_ex_mass_workers_ordered_to_pay_for_bridge_theft/)**
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> Two former state workers have been ordered to pay restitution for stealing nearly $1 million worth of stored iron trim from Boston's Longfellow Bridge.

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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-stole-a-bridge/956024/25 "2021-12-21T18:09:22Z")

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> [@FinsToTheLeft](#):
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> Do you think there was water under the bridge?

I believe so - water that was unsettled.

People have suggested that this was a victimless crime, but have they considered the weary, people who are feeling small, the down and out, those who are on the street?

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