I too found the coincidence of the sign with the shoreline a bit unfortunate; but I still prefer the tones, the depth of field, and the composition from the first one.
The bridge at the back has a lot of weight on its own, I think it does not need to be sharp or even complete, and both the pillar and the sign are almost on the center of the picture. What I would have tried is: move the camera towards the left, so the pillar goes to the left of the frame and the sign to the right; shot from a lower point of view and raise the sign, even superimpose it to the bridge; get closer and enlarge the sign, crop the upper part of the bridge if needed; and finally, use a narrower depth of field, to blur the bridge. Just my very humble opinion.