Seems this could create new business and alternate routes relatively quickly, compared to reconstruction? Or even just as traffic alternative during reconstruction?
2007-08-04 17:00:02 · 8 answers · asked by stephiek 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
No we wouldn't be able to use a ferry. it is to slow . the traffic will have to take another way around the bridge until it is reconstructed. You just have to leave earlyer and get home later.
And the government is going to have to start spending our tax money more wisely, to reconstruct our bridges. and probably pay more taxes . We never should have gotten a tax cut, to start with, the government should keep money set aside for emergency's. Don't they all ways tell us to put aside money for emergencies. So why don't they, and cut out all these jet trips all over the world unless really necessary.
Every one will have to help, We have a lot of bridges and water dams that are in need of work.
You cant build a bridge and expect it to stand up for ever as much traffic as it has. Things have to be re done.
Queen Bee
2007-08-04 19:02:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you want top think about this question again. At 17,000 cars a day crossing the bridge in question, this one bridge, how many ferries do you think it would take to Carry all these cars across and, how long do you think it would take.
IE: On Lake Michigan, the ferry takes about forty-five cars, you wait for sometimes up to three hours for them to get their act together, then the trip takes three hours.
Taking all this into consideration, it would be easier and quicker to walk around the Mississippi and come from the South.
2007-08-04 20:58:53 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Ferries are slow and cannot handle the capacity that bridges do.
Look, it was one bridge in decades. Considering the thousands of bridges that are in this country, I say that is a pretty good track record.
As for fixing the bridges, people in America are going to have to realize that they are going to be infringed upon from now on. There are over 300 million people in this country, not counting the illegal ones. That means there are more mouths to feed and more people looking to the government for help instead of helping themselves. People don't want to pay taxes or volunteer their time for civil service work, yet want to stand on their roof tops and yell for help when a disaster strikes.
I say that the federal government and the people of this country are going to have to sit down and set their priorities. They are either going to have to concede some of these social programs and benefits or they are going to have to understand that they will be paying more in taxes.
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy
That statement rings true, especially as the population and expectations of the American way of life continue to rise.
2007-08-04 17:49:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ferries are for long distance crossing. It doesn't make sent to ride ferries for like few hundred feet. Lot of these bridges are very short.
I wouldn't want to ride ferry for over short distance I can swim across faster.
2007-08-04 17:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO ~ they couldn't possibly go fast enough or often enough to carry the 141,000 cars a day that use the I35W bridge that just went down this week.
2007-08-04 17:08:48 · answer #5 · answered by MELANIE 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Could be a good idea.... but ferries sink............
2007-08-04 17:04:12 · answer #6 · answered by Thom Thumb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you bet ye
2007-08-04 21:16:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-08-04 17:20:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋