"anointed the dubious honor of being one ofcnn’ s “largest, oddest, and most useless state projects”, the cross-florida bridge canal was a disappointment surpassed by few others. originally envisioned as a way to connect the atlantic ocean with the gulf of mexico, the idea was picked up during the great depression, when politicians put unquestioning support behind anything that promised to “create jobs.” after being discussed and opposed by environmentalists from at least 1930-1965, the end result in 1991 was, as cnn calls it, “a $120 million partial scar across the middle of the state”, which was soon pronounced dead and converted into a greenway which, ironically, is now named after the very environmentalist who so adamantly opposed the canal during the 1960's."
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