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alehlopehtoday at 4:27 PM2 repliesview on HN

In my city we have bridges like this that go up and down dozens of times a day.


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trhwaytoday at 5:52 PM

One of such bridges in St. Petersburg in Russia is very close to the KGB/FSB regional headquarters (it is 2nd building right from the bridge, totally dominating the surroundings) and 15 years ago, when times in Russia were still softer, prankers drew a large male organ on the bridge right before the bridge was raised https://plucer.livejournal.com/265584.html

According to some sources https://www.drive2.ru/b/288230376151944232/ it was even shortlisted in the national modern art competition. That were the times. Today in Russia even just thinking about it would get you 5 to 10 years for discreditation of the state organs.