It's a trick question. The bridge will never be rebuilt. It was originally built as a hazmat route. When they sunk everything going through on I-95 in bawlmore into tunnels, they couldn’t run hazmat through the city. No hazmat in tunnels. So, before they did that, they needed an alternate route. I-695. Maritime and port experts all told them, “this part needs to be a tunnel. Don’t put another bridge in the ship channel.” Problem is, you can’t send hazmat through tunnels, so, it had to be a bridge. Also, they were spending all the money on the tunnels for I-95, so it needed to be a cheap bridge. We got the Key Bridge. Why do I say it will never be rebuilt? Because hazmat needs to move today. People are already figuring out hazmat routes around bawlmore entirely. In a year, those routes will be habit; they will be the new normal. It will take a year just to decide what to do with that section of I-695. So, in a year, with the disaster still fresh, with a new normal being that hazmat just goes around bawlmore, what will they do? They will make it a tunnel. The bridge will never be rebuilt.
It's a trick question. The bridge will never be rebuilt.
It was originally built as a hazmat route. When they sunk everything going through on I-95 in bawlmore into tunnels, they couldn’t run hazmat through the city. No hazmat in tunnels. So, before they did that, they needed an alternate route. I-695. Maritime and port experts all told them, “this part needs to be a tunnel. Don’t put another bridge in the ship channel.” Problem is, you can’t send hazmat through tunnels, so, it had to be a bridge. Also, they were spending all the money on the tunnels for I-95, so it needed to be a cheap bridge. We got the Key Bridge.
Why do I say it will never be rebuilt? Because hazmat needs to move **today**. People are already figuring out hazmat routes around bawlmore entirely. In a year, those routes will be habit; they will be the new normal. It will take a year just to decide what to do with that section of I-695. So, in a year, with the disaster still fresh, with a new normal being that hazmat just goes around bawlmore, what will they do?
They will make it a tunnel. The bridge will never be rebuilt.
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