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re: Would you drive on it? China opens new world's longest sea crossing bridge - 34 miles
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:29 am to gumbo2176
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:29 am to gumbo2176
quote:1933
building the Golden Gate Bridge
quote:1931
building the Hoover Dam
quote:1914
building the Panama Canal
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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Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:30 am to Gatorbait2008
There are actually 42 bridges from Key Largo to Key West. The longest is ~7 Miles.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:30 am to gumbo2176
quote:Times Five when you include the French attempt.
According to official hospital records, the number is just over 5,600 deaths from accidents and disease.
Over 25,000 deaths in total. Mostly folks from Jamaica & Barbados.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:30 am to gumbo2176
So your gotcha is from things that were built 70-100 years ago? We are talking about a project built(finished) today and you reference things built 70-100 years ago. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:32 am to GetCocky11
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BBC
Guess this board is obsessed with it.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:46 am to slackster
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Yeah, it's actually about 21.3% longer than I-10 too.
FTFY
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:48 am to LNCHBOX
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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.
Then go back and read your own post. You stated the US would "NEVER" allow that to happen, and it already has.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:49 am to gumbo2176
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Then go back and read your own post. You stated the US would "NEVER" allow that to happen, and it already has.
As someone experienced in such things, this might be the most pathetic attempt at a semantics gotcha I've ever seen.
ETA: Also that wasn't my post. And also one of your examples was from outside of the country. And also one of your examples had less than 18 deaths. You fricking suck at this.
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 9:52 am
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:52 am to TheAstroTiger
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Well 18 people being killed on one project would never be acceptable in the USA and rightfully so.
On a trip to St Louis....stopped at the arch and took in the "movie" about the construction of the arch and the narrator made a comment that no one died during construction but estimated 11 or 12 would
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:53 am to GetCocky11
Engineers: We want to build a bridge.
China: Can you see it from space?
Engineers: Yes.
China: Approved.
China: Can you see it from space?
Engineers: Yes.
China: Approved.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:00 am to GetCocky11
Nope, I would not. Have you seen Chinese infrastructure durability?
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:03 am to Jack Daniel
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Pretty amazing. The US continues to fall behind other countries in infrastructure.
No one wants the govt to pay for anything, then everyone complains abt shitty infrastructure.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:07 am to gumbo2176
Yea that was my post, but you are still an idiot. The context of the current discussion was clearly about present day. Never meaning in the present time period. If China started allowing slavery, and I said the USA would never allow slavery, a rational person would make the realization I mean current day and not 100's of years ago.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:19 am to LNCHBOX
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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.
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.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:21 am to StringedInstruments
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Not saying you’re wrong, but is there any reason for the US to build a 34+ mile bridge over water?
The causeway almost says hi.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:58 am to NYNolaguy1
Because we can’t teust the government to use the money correctly.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 11:02 am to goofball
We built the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel which is a smaller scall of what the chinese did in Hong Kong.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 11:04 am to Jack Daniel
quote:we had bridges to no where long before China
Pretty amazing. The US continues to fall behind other countries in infrastructure.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 11:09 am to soccerfüt
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Driving from Boston to Seattle on I-90 would be the ultimate dream roadtrip.
The Western half has its moments but negative Ghostrider.
I-90 from Springfiled, MA to Albany, NY is gorgeous in the fall. Boston to Seattle would be one long arse drive though (46hrs)
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 11:10 am
Posted on 10/23/18 at 11:18 am to airfernando
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Pretty amazing. The US continues to fall behind other countries in infrastructure.
we had bridges to no where long before China
Current list of top 10 most expensive infrastrure projects (ongoing)
Total cost $132B
1. Port of New Orleans channel dredge $1.2B
2. Gordie Howe International Bridge Detroit to Ontario $2.1B
3. Puget Sound Gateway Project 2.8B
4. I-70 Mountain Corridor 3.5B
5. Jasper Ocean Terminal (Port of Savannah) 4.5B
6. Gateway Program (NYC to Newark) 7.5B
7. New York City bus terminal 8B
8. Texas Central Railway Dallas to Houston 10B
9. Bay Delta Conservation Plan (aquaduct tunnel) 25B
10. California high-speed rail SF to LA 68B
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