New Alberta-BC Bridge Will Save Lives

by ppeggy | September 2, 2007 at 07:30 am
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A $130 million engineering feat

A $130 million engineering feat

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It spans the length of four football fields.  It is a masterful feat of mountain engineering and beautiful to behold.  It cost $130 million.  It is a new four-lane bridge that replaces a deadly stretch of the Alberta-BC Trans-Canada Highway travelled by two million travellers every year.

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Jordan Yerman
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at 08:30 on September 2nd, 2007

Over time, i think it's a small price to pay compared to the constant cleanup, rescue and recovery efforts from all those crashes, never mind the human cost.

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