An underwater tunnel? I dig it.

Can barely fill a pothole, good luck.

I mean we don't need one

Not really.

Sounds tiring

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Yeah, my car was crushed by ice.

Crushed by ice? Where did it come from?

The ocean.

The ocean?

Yeah. Well, it went over the bridge.

Over the bridge? Your car went off the bridge and hit ice in the ocean?

No, the ice went over the bridge and hit my car.

So you're telling me the ice jumped out of the ocean up onto the bridge and hit your car? Have you been drinking?

This works in conjunction with a skyscraper and a monorail.

Livermore Falls has to make this happen.

Where would you build that?

In some pond in Aroostook County probably

“Well yeah, but that’s beside the point.”

That’s doesn’t scream Maine…

Who's we?

I have a shovel you can borrow.

No, we are so shitty about roads... imagine a road of water over your head. With the way everything is nowadays, would you really trust Maine's roads to not let you die stupidly?

Of all the fantasies you could have about spending hundreds of millions on something in Maine because it’s “cool” this is pretty far down the list.

It'd be a really fucking stupid waste of desperately needed funding if something like that was built is more like it.

Oh "my car was hit by a boat"

What how? Were you in the water?

"Nah a drugged out guy nodded off at the wheel of his lobsterboat and flew over the bridge and hit my car"

Yes, it would be really cool to have protected bike lanes next to 4 lane highways.

I usually drive more than sailing or flying so prefer to give cars the view rather than boats and helicopters

Do you mean the bike lane? Then, yes.

With projected sea level rise I think we should be raising roads instead

I suspect a very unique circumstance of geography required. Where?

Having absolutely zero experience or knowledge of the subject, I would imagine a bridge is substantially cheaper, easier, and safer to build than the logistics of that.

Perfect, we can put it on the highway to the giant flag.

Where is that roadway?

Pretty but likely expensive and high maintenance.

"It was just a few fireball nips..."

Looks like there’s room for a giant flag pole in there

As far as usefulness goes, this seems on par with the worlds tallest flagpole

Edit: On second thought, at least this is pretty.

It's a no for me, dog

Ikr

OK, so this solves what problem? Where is there a bridge too low for sailboats? Chances are this would be wayyyy too costly for any waterway that accommodates barges or cruise ships.

The only person here who sees the real benefit here

As with most cool roadway things, the Netherlands https://interestingengineering.com/culture/the-netherlands-unique-water-bridge

Considering the fact we can't manage to keep asphalt on our regular surface roads, I'm not sure that we're in a position to start building complicated structures that are only needed for sailboats.

> OK, so this solves what problem? Where is there a bridge too low for sailboats?

I mean, there's plenty of them, but so what?

I got a completely new way to do roads. It involves no roads.

Someday I need to visit the Netherlands. Spectacular engineering!

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It's pretty but I don't think we have "athletically pleasing" money at the moment. Should focus what we have on basic infrastructure

Some of us could use the free car wash.

Meh, I like the utility but would prefer not to bike immediately next to a loud highway. Those old railroad tracks transformed into bike paths are much more pleasant

Maybe I'm not very hip, but I think having roads that don't cause you to have to replace suspension parts on a yearly basis is pretty cool.

It's way too big of a project for any Maine business to handle... Have to bring in outside companies from different states not even increasing jobs of mainers....

Oh you need proof madowaska bridge they brought all kinds of people from out of state to do the work......

A huge job local builders can profit from but the skill set is just not there for that type of work

The website for the Madawaska bridge says it's being built by Reed & Reed of Woolwich Maine. Seems like Maine companies are quite capable of doing the work.

>"It was just a few fireball nips..."

Which isn't even really booze.

When you need a bridge but there's extra money in the budget

Will look really nice until that oversized tractor trailer goes under it and smashes up the underside of it.

Comes in way before billion dollar flagpole though.

Do you think this would require no maintenance?

We probably could if we taxed the rich!

Wouldn't last long in Maine... a few spring thaws and the frost heaves will chew this up

I'm saying why waste money on this thing when we can't even keep simple roads from destroying your car?

Judging from the roads I drive on, I'd be bringing a boat home on/in my car a year or so after this thing is built.

That would mean the last of the swinging bridges

Big tax payer funded project that would look great for the rich folks in yachts. Perfect. /s.
We have enough problems with normal bridges. Let’s maybe fix the rds we have first. This looks amazingly expensive

Was it cinnamon flavored whisky fireball, or cinnamon whisky flavored fireball?

Honestly, I'd settle for decent passenger rail.

Should probably spend the money on Dams for hydroelectric power to lower the electricity rates instead.

LMFAO! 🤣🤣🤣