The bridge to nowhere....

That is what I have called it for decades...

When I began asking questions about the bridge over the 15 across from Pala Mesa, even the Caltrans worker said, "Oh, the bridge to nowhere..."

My family moved to Bonsall in 1978. We watched the area grow... we watched the two-lane 395 get bypassed by the huge, multi-lane I-15. We saw the elegant "rainbow bridge" (Lilac Road) be built over the carved-out summit.

Then, decades later, we moved up to Murrieta and were teased for decades by the widening of the 76 Highway. Now, luckily only one day a week, I sit in the stop-n-go traffic on my way home fr...