The bridge is up

 Bridges are pretty important to us here.  We go back and forth over an average of 5 water spanning bridges a day.  Memorial Bridge is integral to the quality of our daily life.  Along with North Church it dominates the 'skyline' of downtown Portsmouth.  It takes us over the Piscataqua River to Kittery Maine

and to many of our favorite places. Because of it's age, it's been scheduled to be completely rebuilt in 2012, but a recent inspection brought out safety concerns and it's been shut down indefinitely. There are 2 other bridges; one is a by-pass bridge that by-passes pretty much everything you'd want to go to, and the other is the 1-95 bridge.  Neither is convenient from New Castle.  Boo!