Bridges

Driving to my grandparent's house, twenty minutes away, my family and I easily pass six bridges. These massive structures of steel and concrete gracefully span the rivers and ravines of the Pittsburgh area, and inspire awe in anyone who looks at them silhouetted solemnly against the sky.

If the union of aesthetic grade and technical knowledge was not enough to draw me to the bridges, the fact that my grandfather, Frank Donatelli, was involved in the design of several key bridges in the Pittsburgh area, certainly solidified my interest in the are of civil engineering.

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