California authorities have been ridiculed for building a “billion-dollar” bridge that will go nowhere.
The state government California The Los Angeles-San Francisco high-speed rail project has been planned for a long time.
Despite initial funding approved in 2008, the route still has a long way to go and the total cost is expected to exceed $100 billion.
So far, construction has only begun in the initial phase, with additional funds being spent on environmental planning for the first phase of the system.
However, the California High-Speed Rail Authority recently unveiled one of its recently completed construction sections. This section was completed in 2018 and was reported to have cost $1 billion on its own.
This is a 0.3 mile long bridge called the Fresno River Viaduct in Madera County that has been ridiculed for going nowhere.
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Photos shared by bridge authorities show the two ends of the bridge not connected to anything, which some argue is indicative of a wider project.
It runs over the road and is near a number of houses parallel to another railway line, but currently serves no purpose.
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Others also took to social media.
However, many of its critics have made incorrect claims about the cost and time it would take to complete the viaduct.
After three years of construction since its completion six years ago, dozens of additional structures have been completed and more than 100 miles of active construction is underway across the project.
Because of the massive scale of high-speed rail, they are often complex, expensive and time-consuming projects. The same goes for California high-speed rail.
The railway is scheduled to be operational in the early 2030s, but the possibility of decommissioning still remains.
California High Speed Rail has been contacted for comment.
