• dustyData@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Modern engineering expects infrastructure to last 50 year with bare minimum maintenance, 100 with scheduled remodeling. “Built for eternity” is megalomaniac stuff.

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      1 month ago

      It’s also stupid, because there’s no way we’re going to want that same bridge doing the same thing in the same place in 2125.