re: Would you drive on it? China opens new world's longest sea crossing bridge - 34 miles

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Did you think you were making a point bringing up shite that is almost 90 years old at a minimum? 18 people dying building a bridge is 2018 is completely unacceptable.

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I think part of the problem is that theres so many hands open and mouths to feed that infrastructure construction has the pace of a glacier.

Just as an example, it took 15 years to build 2.5 miles of underground track in NYC for the second avenue subway. Thats 1 phase of 4. I most likely wont see it done in my lifetime. Now theres feasibility studies, environmental studies, schematic design, design development, connstruction drawings, shop drawings, NYC review, MTA review, NYS review, multiple federal reviews for each agency, and only then construction starts. Then theres change orders for everything, field conditions... wayyy too many cooks in the kitchen that need to get paid to leave peacefully.

As a comparison the 4/5/6 subway lines were done in a 4 years and stretched from City Hall into the Bronx. Construction lasted from 1900-1904.