one proper accident and GG. cant even re-route LOL

No doubt, it's just amazing how much cheaper it is to build somewhere else in the world.

thats really nice. if we had that then there no more use for the ferry's, and my guess is that ferrys are more money to maintain.

Smokey Nagata should do a top speed run on that bridge.

Freshly paved roads

http://www.ragemaker.net/images/Plea...tjesusface.png

Just fkn beautiful, wouldn't
Like to get stuck on it tho
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yeah i always wondered why we dont make one at the shortest points, maybe cut through one of the smaller islands.... but most of that area is provincial parks (after all even the USA made long ass bridges in the 60s)

we have one on the east coast :/ (confederation bridge built in the 90s for 1bn+)

The depth of the water between the Island and Vancouver is so much greater than most of these huge ass bridges around the world.

Not to mention construction costs of a project that big would be immense here in the western world.

Studies have been done on the feasibility.

http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/publications...fixed_link.htm

not if they built it up by duncan bay(campbell river) :D

and i edited my post but wouldnt it be similar to the confederation bridge connecting new brunswick/pei ?

edit: ah thx :)





edit2: ROFL wtf CBC is talking about a bridge to the island now too

the bridge they're proposing on tv now though is building a bridge right across the middle.... :crazy2: they expect it to cost $8-12bn and a toll of $260 would be needed lol

I was there last year and I was shocked at how smooth and clean the roads are in the major cities.

Sigh.. seeing those pics... just always makes think of :



http://www.myicore.com/post_pics/LOL...ng-reality.jpg

Dont think bridge to Vancouver Island is gonna happen because BC Ferries would cease to exist. I believe they use the main Island-Mainland routes to subsidize all the smaller routes?

^ I don't think its suitable to bridge the two. Keeps BC more 'nature' like if its just a ferry. Besides, i like the ferry!

thumbs down for those arcade games tho that are usually always broken :okay:

Ya but you live on the mainland.

^ As do the majority of folk?

I mean, if the 'mainland' folks regularly need to commute to Victoria or something sure, but in the end, living in the island is the minority. However my opinion may be the only minority. :D

From the govt website, toll 180 - 260 (one way) on a $8-12 billion bridge, and knowing the govt it will cost WAY more. People would be begging to get the ferry back if you had to pay that much

considering ppl already complain for the prices now..15$ per passenger i think and like 40$ if ur takin a car ? so..55$ or so and ppl are like HOLYSHITEXPENSIVE! (at least i do lmao) imagine if we had to pay 180-260...fuck that shit

Watching Vancouver/Richmond do construction on our roads is the most frustrating and facepalming experience. Richmond is constantly repaving roads that they recently repave or do not need to repave, then the roads that DO need to repave never get paved. There are always women construction workers holding "slow down" signs, when that could be just as easily be replaced with a dummy worker AND be safer. They also love to do things during rush hour. I watched city workers plant flowers on half a block of Garden City for TWO DAYS with the turning lane completely coned off. :failed::facepalm:

unless they make it no speed limit haha..

Spend money to destroy the busiest street in Richmond, No3 Road, to build B Line bus lanes. Years later, DESTROY AGAIN!

So is there a toll to use this bridge or is it free to cross?

^I bet you there is, nothing is free in China. You have to pay to get through SECTIONS of the highway.

one accident and that bridge will be more fucked than number 3 road at rush hour with slight rain

They're buckets of paint.

Larger image below.

http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/u...%20Reuters.JPG