It's not about who's the record-holder. It's about the whole concept of a central government seeing that investment in infrastructure benefits the country - and

It's not about who's the record-holder. It's about the whole concept of a central government seeing that investment in infrastructure benefits the country - and the economy - as a whole. The USA that built this bridge - in the 1950s and 60s - was completely different from today. The USA of today could never build this bridge, or any other large project.