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Lots of the components in wind turbines are custom made, CNC milled, etc. with more scale and focus on cost optimizations they can get far. As for the bridge:
by jopsen 9y ago
Lots of the components in wind turbines are custom made, CNC milled, etc. with more scale and focus on cost optimizations they can get far.
As for the bridge: the concrete business doesn't see a lot of innovation.
Still if corrected for inflation and aiming for similar durability, it wouldn't surprise me if today's engineering can build cheaper bridges. After all, we've learned a thing or two about suspension bridges over the years.