A block away from the Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N-train stop, a giant puddle of standing water covers a heavily-trafficked sidewalk, a cesspool we endearingly refer to as Astoria Scum River. Seriously, it's gross, and in the winter the river ices over and becomes really dangerous.

A couple months ago, Posterchild and I simultaneously arrived at the same idea: build a bridge over Astoria Scum River! A few weeks later we found an abandoned work bench left for trash on the sidewalk and used rescued screws from a recently disassembled desk to turn the work bench into a bridge. Posterchild engraved an awesome plaque, and the bridge was installed as 2009 ended, christened the Astoria Scum River Bridge.

Our neighbors have really taken a liking to it, and just yesterday we received an e-mail from NYC Council Member Vallone's office thanking us for the bridge and pledging to work with Amtrak to solve the drainage problem! We couldn't have asked for a better outcome.

Anyway, here's my project page and here's Posterchild's! There are plenty of photos, with a video coming soon!