Volume XVII No. 2: January 13, 2012
Several lawmakers want Minnesota and Wisconsin to spend upwards of $700 million to build a bridge that will carry just 18,000 cars a day when it opens. To put this in some perspective, the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis — which collapsed in August 2007 — cost $234 million to rebuild, crosses the Mississippi River, and carries 140,000 cars per day.
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