Fourteen-foot-high (4.3 m) steel trusses were installed on both sides of the deck in 1943 to weigh down and stiffen the bridge in an effort to reduce oscillation.
These phrases act like ballast that weigh down overly terse and functional statements, making them less angular and slim-lined and more pleasantly rounded and waffly.
It has also been suggested that these weights, especially disposable examples made from poor quality clay and inadequately fired, were used to weigh down fishing nets.