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[edit] Clarification
The article says, "At the time of its construction, it was only the second bridge of its design in the world." There are a number of previous Compression arch suspended-deck bridges, e.g. Bayonne, Hell Gate, Sydney, Hernando de Soto etc., so this must refer to something less obvious (at least, less obvious to this reader). Can someone clarify what this means? -- Gyrofrog (talk) 00:37, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
The article currently states that the bridge is made of 600,000,000 lbs of steel. It is likely that the bridge is composed of far less steel than that. For one, the spot price of steel is usually in the hundreds of dollars per metric ton, meaning that the cost of the steel would be in the hundreds of millions. The page lists the cost of the bridge as being $10 million. 66.112.249.122 (talk) 03:23, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
