It would have been part of a busy railway line: it's gone now, but it leads nowhere. This is how they celebrate online.
The Fresno River Bridge in California would have been an important component of the railroad between San Francisco and Los Angeles. In any case, the California High-Speed Rail Authority celebrated itself and the completion of the nearly 500-meter-long bridge on Route X as if it had won a world championship. If we take a closer look at the work, it is probably not a big risk to say: the champagne corks have popped too soon.
Bridge to nowhere
The giant project, which aims to connect major cities in California by rail, has been ongoing for years. They are now criticizing the American state because it seems they are not really progressing, and at the same time they are celebrating themselves. As mentioned in New York Post mentioned Eleven billion dollars, roughly 4 trillion Hungarian forints, were taken from taxpayers to build the Fresno River Bridge.. However, after nine years of construction, the bridge leads nowhere.
The Fresno River Bridge in Madera County is one of the first completed high-speed rail structures. At approximately 1,600 feet long, the high-speed trains will travel up the riverbed and run parallel to the BNSF rail line. #BuildHSR pic.twitter.com/zWqusPbOB9
– California High-Speed Rail 🚄💨 (CaHSRA) May 1, 2024
Commentators are dying
Naturally, people were not embarrassed to announce the news, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk. He tweeted the salad's jubilant post with a crying emoji. But many are angry that so much money was wasted on this. At the moment, it is still questionable whether trains will run on this bridge, because according to press reports, it is still uncertain whether the project will be suspended.
Cover image: X/CaHSRA
