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Bridges (was Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 19 Sep 2000 06:32:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
<snipped some neat stuff about the Mackinac bridge>
A really cool bridge (in a number of ways) is the Confederation Bridge that
links P.E.I. to the rest of Canada. I learned about it from a case study of
good engineering, and it's also a strong case for good economics and
feasability of privatization. I haven't checked out the site much, but at a
quick skim it seems to cover some of the salient bits...
http://www.confederationbridge.com
James
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| (...) Um, not sure I completely understand the questions. My memory is very hazy here... I just went and checked a few sites: (URL) (this is the Bridge Authority site) The bridge was built in the mid 1950s at a cost of ~70-100M in mid 50s dollars. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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