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Bay Bridge Proposal Creates Controversy Drama and debate surround the massive Bay Bridge project linking San Francisco and Oakland, which has run into money problems. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to replace the earthquake-damaged bridge with a causeway, derided by critics as a freeway on stilts, instead of the suspension bridge favored by many locals in the Bay Area. NPR's John McChesney reports.

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Drama and debate surround the massive Bay Bridge project linking San Francisco and Oakland, which has run into money problems. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to replace the earthquake-damaged bridge with a causeway, derided by critics as a freeway on stilts, instead of the suspension bridge favored by many locals in the Bay Area. NPR's John McChesney reports.

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