John W Miller and Chuin-Wei Yap, U.S. Icons Now Made of Chinese Steel; Imports surge while US mills idle; Lacking bridge expertise at home. Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2013. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 45431938331880.html
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(a) "Chinese steel was also recently used in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
"The reason is partly because Chinese-made steel is cheaper. In fact, U.S. steel companies argue its price is unfairly subsidized, and want the U.S. government to restrict imports as much as possible. China claims it is simply a more efficient producer.
"Also at play, however, is the relative scarcity of American contractors with expertise in specialized projects like bridges.
"Together, these two factors show why the U.S. is unlikely to completely swear off Chinese steel.
(b) "Consultant John Packard, publisher of the Steel Market Update newsletter, recently surveyed American buyers of steel used in construction and found that prices for Chinese-made steel were 25% lower.
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(a) Chuin-Wei YAP 叶 雋暐
(b) Verrazano-Narrows Bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazano-Narrows_Bridge
(a double-decked suspension bridge that connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City at the Narrows; named for the Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first known European navigator in the service of the King Francis I of France to enter New York Harbor and the Hudson River; has a central span of 4,260 feet (1,298 m) and was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its completion in 1964; It now has the ninth longest main span in the world, is still the longest bridge span in the Americas