But if you think you know more than the IDOT article, good for you.
I don't necessarily think I could do it faster, thank you...but I am smart enough to realize this isn't exactly a bridge over the Mississippi River requiring river bottom support, it's over the damn canal, big difference.
But I might be able to design and construct a "protester's overpass", where you could stand with one of your signs about hating the president and his lard ass wife.