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ken0042 · 11-10-2013, 05:33 PM

How old is that bridge though? I'd guess somewhere around 40 years old. If that bridge cost $5 million to build, could you justify spending $7M at the time to build it to account for a city expansion that had just barely reached Anderson yet?

Now of course today we are spending more to account for future needs. The airport tunnel is a classic example though. Building it today cost 1/3 what it would cost to build when we need it 20 years from now. However even with it being obvious that it would be considerably harder to build later on, there was still strong opposition. Then take a bridge that was in the middle of nowhere, and explain that you want to make it wider.

Keeping in mind that 22X was still a 2 lane road up until 10 years ago.

I agree that it would be better if it was build wider at the time. But I can understand why they didn't.

11-10-2013, 05:33 PM	#1932
ken0042 Playboy Mansion Poolboy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout Exp:	How old is that bridge though? I'd guess somewhere around 40 years old. If that bridge cost $5 million to build, could you justify spending $7M at the time to build it to account for a city expansion that had just barely reached Anderson yet? Now of course today we are spending more to account for future needs. The airport tunnel is a classic example though. Building it today cost 1/3 what it would cost to build when we need it 20 years from now. However even with it being obvious that it would be considerably harder to build later on, there was still strong opposition. Then take a bridge that was in the middle of nowhere, and explain that you want to make it wider. Keeping in mind that 22X was still a 2 lane road up until 10 years ago. I agree that it would be better if it was build wider at the time. But I can understand why they didn't.