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How is it China can build a 36 km bridge for under $2 billion yet the Eastern span of the Bay Bridge, is what now $10 billion and costs estimated for replacing the Tappan Zee bridge is $6 billion; given how these projects get way underestimated in the US the real cost if it is ever done would be over $10 billion? Thanks for posting. China like those cable-stayed bridges, hee hee. Britain built world class infrastructure in the 19th century, the US was on top in the late 19th-firs half 20th centuries but China is on top now. We and the Brits would rather pour billions down rat holes and in supporting dead beats while China spends on things that will pay off for decades.


37 posted on 06/25/2010 6:38:12 AM PDT by C19fan
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“How is it China can build a 36 km bridge for under $2 billion yet the Eastern span of the Bay Bridge, is what now $10 billion”

democrats & unions.


39 posted on 06/25/2010 10:45:12 AM PDT by ezo4 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32cxf_yuri-bezmenov)
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