Meanwhile, the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge is being built with steel and materials imported from China, and it’s only taken them...hold on, carry the one divided by...since about 1990 to get almost done. New math.
Also keep in mind that many large portions of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge were prefabbed in China and shipped here. Not built here despite complaints from local construction outfits. We don’t really know how they constructed those pieces, but they made them fast.