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Warsaw the Phoenix - The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Bridge (Most Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, formerly North Bridge)

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                         Just to say I was one of the very first cars to cross the new Maria Skłodowska-Curie Bridge ( Most Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie , formerly North Bridge) on Sunday March 25th 2012 when it first opened to motor vehicles. This engineering project was incredibly complex (one of the largest in the EU and the most complex intersection design in Warsaw). Despite all the dramas of naming (in true Polish style!) everyone involved is to be congratulated. Full detailed information and technical links at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Sk%C5%82odowska-Curie_Bridge,_Warsaw The car is my concours 1949 MG TC which I have affectionately tended at ruinous expense, intense frustration but much joy for many years now. Properly registered as a classic car in Poland but still on 'proper' English plates as I prefer the classic look of them to the ghastly yellow Polish ones with silly toy veteran car embossed ...  My 1949 MG TC - one of first cars to