I see no major principle jeopardized in this instance. To sum up, the Oyster Bay-Rye Bridge is not an imposition, an intrusion, or an unexpected catastrophe flashed on uninformed homeowners. This crossing constitutes the only practical means of bypassing the overloaded parkways, expressways and East River crossings. It is no eyesore to destroy the Sound. The metropolitan bridges we have built in recent years, including the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, are our finest works of architecture and engineering.
History repeats itself.
Before long, as has happened over and over again, the opponents will calm down and claim they were always in favor of the improvement.