Always about the $$$. And now NY state is left with a bridge that is falling apart and needs to be replaced at great cost.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/08/19/139749870/a-big-bridge-in-the-wrong-place
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/08/19/139749870/a-big-bridge-in-the-wrong-place
