[Superman]

I sounds like you haven't actually looked into what the engineers are saying. One of the things they fear is failure of the tall, round piers at the Western end. The Western end of the bridge is NOT floating. It is elevated quite a distance over the water using piers. Concrete piers. The piers would fail, they say, mainly at the top. Where they connect with the bridge deck. There are some other problems too, but this is the most catastrophic potentially.

At any rate, I'm not sure I'll get anything more out of this discussion. I was hoping to get some actual information. I can see you have a personal belief, based on no actual facts, that everyone is lying and these findings are part of an elaborate hoax involving many many people and organization. Okay. Thank you for your unsupported opinion.

It's just possible that some of these decades-old concrete and steel structures do in fact need attention. Just because my 911 can zip through an autocross course does not mean it's ready to take to Peru. In fact, my clutch needs attention which is why I will drop the engine this evening. That's an analogy. If I ignored it, which appears to be your best idea, I could be stranded on the side of the road with a tow bill. It's cheaper to address the problem now, in this way. Same with transportation infrastructure stuff.

But then, it sounds like you're not placing a great deal of weight on facts and data here.