Peace Bridge Overkill?

Up in Buffalo, they're proposing a number of designs for the expansion of the Peace Bridge, connecting Buffalo with Fort Erie, Ontario. The new proposed spans, though bold and beautiful, IMHO seem a bit overwrought. Even if the bridge is meant to symbolize the strong, enmeshed, thoroughgoing connection between the U.S. and Canada, the existing slag heap (pictured in many of the proposals) cheapens the entire experience, like a trunk-full of smuggled prescription drugs.