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Re:Hyperloop by SkyAtWork on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @04:20AM (#6204577)
The Florida highway through the Keys dates to the 1930s and the NYC Catskill aqueduct to roughly 1916 - those are certainly great projects but aren't the last fifty.

Largely agree with the rest of your comment though :)

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Re:Hyperloop by king_jester on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @08:57AM (#6205382)
Parent was specifically referring to the no. 3 aqueduct for NYC, which was started in the 1960s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Water_Tunnel_No....

Also, the highway through the Keys has seen very large infrastructure improvements over the last few decades, so while not a new project it is a significant civil engineering effort.

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Re:Hyperloop by Thrymr on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @09:16AM (#6205473)
Daniel_Newby is likely referring to the third aqueduct tunnel, under construction for ~40 years now. It's not small: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Water_Tunnel_No._...
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