...and adjacent to the fwy, the military base and the flight path is the San Onofre nuclear power plant which stores 1610 metric tons of nuclear waste onsite. All within a few miles of where millions of people live in San Diego and Orange County (including my family).
The Channel between France and the UK holds the record for the longest continuous under sea span at 23.5 miles (and a total distance is about 31.5 miles).
The way the Russia/Alaska route is drawn it appears to call for one continuous span underwater for over twice the distance (about 55 miles).
For me I like being able to take my time on projects. Any kind of project, but for example I don’t have to squeeze a home improvement project into a long weekend like I had to before.
The longer you noodle with it the more you lose perspective - seems to be a common trap with all art. Photography, drawing, painting and even mixing songs in recording studio.