BlackSheep
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Maryland commuter who once crushed his hip in a crash on the Wilson Bridge has won the right to bring the old bridge down.
Dan Ruefly of Accokeek has been selected as the winner of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project's "Toughest Bridge Commute" contest.
The essay about Ruefly was picked out of 312 entries, and his prize is to trigger the detonation charges that knock down nearly a half-mile stretch of elevated steel girders that supported the old bridge.
Ruefly, who was nominated by his daughter, has been a five-day-a-week commuter for more than 28 years and faces a 2-hour drive in the morning and another 90 minute drive at the end of the day.
His toughest commute came in September 1999 when he switched lanes and slammed into a stopped tractor-trailer straddling the right lane and the old bridge's four-foot-wide shoulder.
The detonation is scheduled for 11:59 p.m. on Monday. The four runner-ups also will be invited to attend the detonation.
Congratulations Dan! Can hardly wait to read his entry.
I can think of a couple of bridges I'd like to blow up!
In all my yrs. of traveling across that bridge, never have I had a 2-hour drive in the morning and another 90 minute drive at the end of the day!!!!!!
Dan Ruefly of Accokeek has been selected as the winner of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project's "Toughest Bridge Commute" contest.
The essay about Ruefly was picked out of 312 entries, and his prize is to trigger the detonation charges that knock down nearly a half-mile stretch of elevated steel girders that supported the old bridge.
Ruefly, who was nominated by his daughter, has been a five-day-a-week commuter for more than 28 years and faces a 2-hour drive in the morning and another 90 minute drive at the end of the day.
His toughest commute came in September 1999 when he switched lanes and slammed into a stopped tractor-trailer straddling the right lane and the old bridge's four-foot-wide shoulder.
The detonation is scheduled for 11:59 p.m. on Monday. The four runner-ups also will be invited to attend the detonation.
Congratulations Dan! Can hardly wait to read his entry.
I can think of a couple of bridges I'd like to blow up!
In all my yrs. of traveling across that bridge, never have I had a 2-hour drive in the morning and another 90 minute drive at the end of the day!!!!!!
