Why destroy Laketown's bridge?

[Rikae]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Quite possible. At least the left part of the bridge looks funnily enough like suspension bridge. Another thing is, where that boat on the right thinks it is going? It has nowhere much to land there, and it is positively heading into the dead end part between the town and the bridge. Maybe it expects the bridge to lift in front of it?

I also wonder why the bridge seems to end up at least ten feet above ground level on the side attached to land - not to mention that the house is placed so close to its end as to make traffic to and from the bridge difficult.

Hmm... there appear to be spikes affixed to the larger roofs. I wonder what the intended purpose of those could be?