Скачать или смотреть Most taxpayers don't know that this is the most expensive bridge in the United States

most taxpayers don't know that this is the most expensive bridge in the United States with costs exceeding the original budget by 2,500 the Oakland Bay Bridge which was completed in 1936 is world renowned the bridge was built in just 3 years and 7 months spanning San Francisco Bay and connecting the California cities of Oakland and San Francisco during the 1989 Loma prita earthquake part of the bridge deck collapsed forcing the bridge to close for a month as a result reconstruction of the Eastern span began in 2002 in fact the most expensive part of the bridge isn't the entire structure but the heavily damaged Eastern section which had to be replaced rather than repaired the rebuilt section spans 25833 ft in width and features 10 lanes of traffic making it the widest bridge in the world this project also became the most expensive public works project in California's history ultimately costing $6.5 billion far exceeding the estimated 250 million this led to protest from many taxpayers