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Re:Fast by fragmede on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @06:58PM (#36608382)
It's been 15 years and we have 50 miles of guideway complete, with 39 more underway; 41 structures complete, and 29 more underway¹.

Some of the completed structures include:

- The Cedar Viaduct, a 3,700-foot-long bridge over State Route 99 in Fresno, which features a signature double arch design².

- The Hanford Viaduct, a 3,300-foot-long bridge over the Kings River and State Route 43 in Kings County, which is the longest structure in Construction Package 2-3²⁴.

- The San Joaquin River Viaduct, a 4,700-foot-long bridge over the San Joaquin River and North Avenue in Fresno County, which includes a pergola structure to allow future trains to cross over the existing BNSF Railway tracks²³.

- The Tuolumne Street Bridge, a two-way bridge that spans the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and future high-speed rail tracks in downtown Fresno²³.

- The Fresno Trench and State Route 180 Passageway, a two-mile-long trench that will carry high-speed trains under several streets in Fresno, including State Route 180²³.

It's nowhere near 5,000, but this whole CAHSR isn't going anywhere... it's going! Slowly but surely. Would I like it to be done before I have grandkids? Absolutely. As the proverb goes though: Blessed Are Those Who Plant Trees Under Whose Shade They Will Never Sit.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_of_California_Hig....

[2] https://hsr.ca.gov/about/project-update-reports/2023-project....

[3] https://hsr.ca.gov/2023/05/11/video-release-high-speed-rail-....

[4] https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/high-speed-rail/article...

(Not to reuse my comment from upthread, but.)

Re:Fast by wildrhythms on Thursday July 06, 2023 @07:20AM (#36614182)
So it took 15 years to build 50 miles, at this rate a high speed rail from Los Angeles to NYC (2,700 miles) would take over 800 years to complete?
Re:Fast by fragmede on Friday July 07, 2023 @10:19PM (#36640740)
Yup! With just that one data point, I'm sure your estimation couldn't possibly be wrong!