Engineering is tradeoffs. This one turns out to be politically unacceptable. But context matters: + what is the situation without the bridge? + what was the

Engineering is tradeoffs. This one turns out to be politically unacceptable. But context matters: + what is the situation without the bridge? + what was the budget? + what was the timeline? + what land is available? + how much disruption to the existing transportation network is acceptable? + what were the criteria for selecting a design? + etc.