Two Views of the Bridge to Nowhere

I taught Rockingham County v. Luten Bridge last week.  Barack Richman provides the full story of the case here.  It’s a great law story.  For readers unfamiliar with the case, the county contracted with Luten Bridge for the construction of a bridge.  After a change in the make-up of the county’s governing body, the county cancelled the contract.  Luten Bridge built the bridge anyway, notwithstanding the fact that the county also decided not to build the road that was supposed to lead to the bridge.

Contracts Profs Nate Oman and John Patrick Hunt provide the following images of the bridge:

Here is the conclusion of Professor Richman’s article, for those of you who want to know why the bridge to nowhere is still standing: