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2018-05-11 -Short Attention Span Theater-

First Boring Company Tunnel Under LA is DONE!

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Posted by 3dc 2018-05-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Tunnels in earthquake prone country (and they're still mapping out faults). Isn't that like building on the side of a volcano?

Posted by P2kontheroad 2018-05-11 06:52|| 2018-05-11 06:52|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't think the paperwork to start the Big Dig was accomplished as quickly...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-05-11 08:38|| 2018-05-11 08:38|| Front Page Top

#3 One wonders about jihadi possibilities... But given that the subway in New York City remains untroubled, perhaps I am being overly sensitive.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-05-11 08:41|| 2018-05-11 08:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Having used it a number of times my vote goes to the chunnel. An underwater explosion somewhere before it enters bedrock with a distracting accompaniment of riot/fire for cover at the Calais seaport end. Remote sensors, alarms and traffic monitoring generally preclude manual placement but sinking a LPG tanker would bypass these controls.

That displaces my former favorite, the Eisenhower tunnel on I-70 west of Denver. Unlikely to collapse from a blast it is certainly susceptible to a twofer. The first to block the flow, the second to create an inferno of the ensuing traffic jam.

An upcoming earthquake will take LA tunnels, and I don't care about NYC.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-05-11 12:06|| 2018-05-11 12:06|| Front Page Top

#5 C'mon, you guys. Spend a little time on Interstate 405 near LAX and you'll be begging for a tunnel.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-05-11 12:15|| 2018-05-11 12:15|| Front Page Top

#6 And if you think tunnels are susceptible to earthquakes, check out some of our bridges.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-05-11 12:20|| 2018-05-11 12:20|| Front Page Top

#7 C'mon, you guys. Spend a little time(?) on Interstate 405 near LAX and you'll be begging for a tunnel.

Or a meteor strike.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-05-11 12:39|| 2018-05-11 12:39|| Front Page Top

#8 butter and flour make great explosives too.....

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/mar/27/6

Posted by 746 2018-05-11 15:02|| 2018-05-11 15:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Bypassing Cal Gov union workers.

Posted by Woodrow 2018-05-11 17:53|| 2018-05-11 17:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Abu - that Caltrans bridge is fine... so are most City bridges in San Diego. I should know...

Posted by Frank G 2018-05-11 20:04|| 2018-05-11 20:04|| Front Page Top

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