The eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was a construction project to replace a seismically unsound portion of the Bay Bridge with a new self-anchored suspension bridge (SAS) and a pair of viaducts. The bridge is in the U.S. state of California and crosses the San Francisco Bay between Yerba Buena Island and Oakland. The span replacement took place between 2002 and 2013, and is the most expensive public works project in California history.
[It had] a final price tag of $6.5 billion, a 2,500% cost overrun from the original estimate of $250 million. Originally scheduled to open in 2007, several problems delayed the opening until September 2, 2013. With a width of 258.33 ft (78.74 m), comprising 10 general-purpose lanes, it is the world's widest bridge according to Guinness World Records.
You're telling me Americans built the interstate highway system? Bullshit. There's no way. They can't even repair the roads that already exist! Either ancient egyptians sailed over to America through a time tunnel and did it as contract work, or it was aliens.
I love the fact that not only was it 2,500% times as much - it was also 6 years late! China could build an entire bridge for $6.5 billion and it would be done on time too
Check out this fucking bullshit. Emphasis mine.
You're telling me Americans built the interstate highway system? Bullshit. There's no way. They can't even repair the roads that already exist! Either ancient egyptians sailed over to America through a time tunnel and did it as contract work, or it was aliens.
It had to be a Stargate.
I love the fact that not only was it 2,500% times as much - it was also 6 years late! China could build an entire bridge for $6.5 billion and it would be done on time too