I have a copy of the book "High Steel", which chronicles the construction of both the San Francisco-Oakland and Golden Gate Bridges. In it, the authour opines that the bay bridge "Could not be built today at any price. There are not enough dollars in our inflated coffers."
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"Build me to the heavens, and Life never stops"
"Live as if the world were as it should be, to show it what it can be"
-Angel
"Prayers are fleeting and wars are forgotten, but what is built endures"
-Ambassador DeLenn, Babylon 5
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