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May 18, 2022
4:03:13pm

Spiff SequelTrilogyFan

I want a series of islands like in Dubai.

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Spiff

Previous username: SpiffCoug
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Joined: Sep 12, 2002
Last login: Feb 5, 2023
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So here is my question... People talk about a bridge over Utah Lake from Provo to Saratoga. But... Why not a tunnel?

BlueVU A Reprehensible; Half-breed

5/17/22 10:30pm

I imagine it would be 10x as expensive and take way longer than building a bridge

KingDave

5/17/22 10:32pm

RE: I imagine it would be 10x as expensive and take way longer than building a

Yeet2000

5/17/22 10:44pm

I haven’t even mentioned the harm this tunnel would do the environment

KingDave

5/17/22 10:54pm

Oh really? Nvm then lol

BlueVU

5/17/22 11:03pm

No. A causeway would be much cheaper than a tunnel to both build and maintain.

Zastava

5/17/22 10:32pm

^^^THIS

Lifi

5/17/22 10:34pm

Maybe they can save some money by buying a used drill online like the Ocean’s 13 guys?

5/17/22 10:35pm

You sound like a Democrat

5/17/22 10:36pm

Let’s get an Elon musk tunnel. Are we Silocon Slopes or not?

4mack

5/17/22 10:38pm

I think it might be easier to build a machine that parted it like the Red Sea

Mikey

5/17/22 10:41pm

Honestly, why not just get a super fast aircraft carrier to ship cars back and forth?

DieHarder

5/17/22 10:44pm

This idea is dumb (tunnel or bridge). Leave Utah Lake alone!!

Heath Squashwell

5/17/22 10:51pm

the traffic flow is dumb

Ryan M

5/18/22 9:28am

You chose to live there

Heath Squashwell

5/18/22 10:08am

No.. I live in Texas. I chose not to live there

Ryan M

5/18/22 7:24pm

The lake is 3 feet deep. A bridge is not a major engineering feet. They have a

claw

5/17/22 11:05pm

You don’t think a tunnel would cost more to maintain than a bridge?

StantonMac

5/17/22 11:26pm

Especially a tunnel over the lake

ColoSpgs

5/17/22 11:30pm

Good thing there are so many structural engineers here on CB!

BlueVU

5/17/22 11:38pm

I’m thinking a tunnel…THROUGH the lake.

mobomanjoe

5/18/22 2:33am

I want a series of islands like in Dubai.

Spiff

5/18/22 4:03pm

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