Dear Editor,
Re: “Bridge name makes sense,” Letters, Jan. 14.
I take Ms. Segal’s point regarding how it’s easy for her friends who have been visiting from Vancouver to follow No. 2 Road to the No. 2 Road Bridge on their return trip.
But are they really likely to get lost if it’s called Riverdale Bridge?
After all, if they follow her directions to “go straight down No. 2 Road” they lead to the same bridge.
Riverdale Bridge also makes sense for a number of reasons. In addition to being located in Riverdale, it allows for the fact the vast majority of people are able to find their way north and south across the middle arm of the Fraser River without getting confused.
These days electronic maps and direction finders are built into everyone’s phone, and it won’t be too long before they’re in most vehicles. Signage would also make it very difficult not to know where you are, regardless of which direction you approach the bridge from, for example “to Vancouver” and “to No. 2 Road.”
Peter Clayton
Richmond
