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Let’s say you had infinite money and no paperwork filings required. What is the fastest possible timeline in which a replacement bridge could be designed and completed?

Just removing the detritus of the current bridge sounds like a multi month affair.

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It probably won't take long to cut a hole in the wreckage to at least get one sea lane open so the port can still operate. A bunch of folks with metal cutting torches on a few dozen boats and a floating crane?

I'd think that a place like an international shipping port would have equipment in relatively close proximity for handling (albeit much smaller) tasks like wreckage removal and the like.

I have no idea what a practical timeline would be, but I think it's fair to say that it's less than your average 1.6 mile bridge.

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