[Animats]

The new eastern span of the SF Bay Bridge is about 6x over budget because politicians wanted it to look pretty. There's no need for a suspension bridge there; the water isn't deep and it's not a major navigation channel. It could have been a set of short spans, like the old one, and much cheaper.

[CalRobert]

And we still can't ride a bicycle all the way to SF from the east bay (well, without going via San Jose at least)