New Bay Bridge to be a big ugly on-ramp
December 17, 2004How disappointing–just as the French have inaugurated a soaring beautiful new bridge, seems cost overruns on the San Francisco Bay Bridge project are leading many to advocate an ugly on-ramp design. It’s disappointing–the original design for the new Bay Bridge is gorgeous and a worthy addition to the landscape of the Bay area. The ugly replacement that’s being proposed now is going to just be an eyesore.
But it will apparently be hundreds of millions cheaper, and might actually come in on schedule. And it’s being backed by the Governator, Arnold, so it’s almost certainly going to happen. Bye bye dreams of a nice new landmark, hello mile-long concrete slab.
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