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Contrast what happened in Boston with the infamous "Big Dig" versus Minneapolis with our new bridge.
I'm not certain why the "Big Dig" became a project rife with billions in overruns, and our bridge project achieved engineering accolades in a most timely manner. Both projects should be studied, however; we need more of the latter sort and less of the former!
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Have you bought the model of the bridge yet? Or the book?
I-35W Build-A-Bridge kit!
http://www.figgbridge.com/new_I-35W_bridge_book.html
Actually, might not be a bad idea for collecting (as in, do not open and have your grandchildren auction them in sixty or so years) as example of major innovations in bridge engineering collected for a single structure.
Posted by: teqjack | Wednesday, October 01, 2008 at 04:28 PM