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The Golden Gate Bridge was finished ahead of schedule and under budget.
by basementcat 8y ago
The Golden Gate Bridge was finished ahead of schedule and under budget.
- Patrick_Devine 8y agoMaybe, but the Bay Bridge wasn't, and they were built around the same time. http://www.americanmanufacturing.org/blog/entry/dont-forget-the-bay-bridge-project-was-a-boondoggle http://www.americanmanufacturing.org/blog/entry/dont-forget-...
- jessaustin 8y agoThat link discusses the renovation of the eastern section that took place since 2000? Hardly comparable to the original construction of either bridge...
- DrScump 8y agoIt had the benefit of cheap Depression-era labor and vastly inferior worker safety constraints (12 died). The disastrous new Bay Bridge project was more representative of modern California infrastructure projects.