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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Can't fix the bridges because giving Jim Bob a 20 minute detour for 8 weeks is the end of the world for our just in time manufacturing systems.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As we found out in Minneapolis around 2011 I think, you get very long detours when major bridges collapse.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Or Baltimore in 2024

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or like.. 12 days when I-95 collapsed.

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

To be fair, they filled underneath that bridge in and paved over it in 12 days. I95 was the major priority and they could ignore the off ramp for the time being. Building the bridge took much longer even with great deal of manpower and equipment dedicated to it.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

And we lack adquate public transit infrastructure, so the system can't handle the increase in traffic.