These problems are a demonstration of why every function of government must eventually be tied into the economic and totally privatized.OTOH, the government also built this:
There's a big gap between the Lincoln Tunnel and Boston's "Big Dig", too.
So it's not only government vs. private sector at work - it's government's recent affection for lack of standards that's the real problem.
Private companies were contracted by the government to build those bridges.
The government involvement concerned financing and right of way.