The "Buckner Bridge"

BOSTON -- I am generally not not a big fan of cable-stayed bridges, preferring the grandeur of suspension bridges. Sadly, cable-stayed bridges are being built for crossings that used to require suspension bridges. I do make an exception for the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over the Charles River though. One reason is that Bostonians nicknamed it the Buckner Bridge because cars (ahem, cahs) drive underneath the upside down "Y" like a Mookie Wilson roller in game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Of course, the Red Sox finally won a World Series again and Bill Buckner was forgiven, so I don't know how prominent the "Buckner Bridge" moniker still is these days. Or how often it was ever used for that matter. As for the actual bridge, the upside down Y's make it more attractive than typical cable-stayed bridge which is just two big columns in the middle of the bridge with yellow covered cables. The crowing achievement of it though is towers forming an obelisk at the top, echoing the