From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >On 10-Jun-14 14:08, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
      
   >>Every so often, I drive around the construction areas on the O'Hare   
   >>campus to try to figure out where all the value comes from for the   
   >>billions spent.   
      
   >>The new intersection with the Access Road from the relocated   
   >>east-west road to the south of the campus caught my eye. It still   
   >>leads to the same temporary road, but now completed is the brand-new   
   >>subway under the yet-to-be-built southern-most runway. It will lead   
   >>to the cargo docks of many of the air freight carriers, entirely on   
   >>the land side.   
      
   >>It's massive.   
      
   >Massive?  The last time this came up, you said the cost would be the   
   >same as a normal underpass, and you ridiculed me for saying otherwise.   
      
   I didn't say it needed to be so large. It appears that it accomodates two   
   truck lanes in each direction, perhaps with shoulders. There's a center   
   support. Don't need anything that wide for a railroad.   
      
   I can't keep fresh in my memory all the ridiculous things you say,   
   so whatever you believe.   
      
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