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Marketplace - Dec. 19, 2011

Hoan to be renamed British Petroleum Bridge.

Unnamed sources say that the cash-strapped State of Wisconsin is considering selling the naming rights to its highway bridges to private companies as a way to raise money. The first bridge slated for renaming is the Hoan Bridge in Milwaukee with British Petroleum (BP) rumored to be the likely con...

Marketplace - Dec. 9, 2011

If WisDOT Built Buildings.

If WisDOT were to build a building--similar to say Milwaukee's US Bank building--using the Hoan Bridge as a model, what would their building look like? Let's imagine a conversation with a spokesperson from WisDOT:How tall is your building? "Same as the US Bank tower, 42 stories.&...

Marketplace - Dec. 1, 2011

Where's our $240 Million?

WisDOT official defends spending $240 M to store snow on the Hoan by singing, ‘Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow.’The controversy erupted after a Milwaukee paper printed a story comparing the Golden Gate Bridge to the Hoan. The State, under mounting public pressure, is studying th...

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