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Originally Posted by Daffy
According to some estimates I have seen, over 80% finished when it was scrapped.
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They hadn't even finished the
tunnel when the project was shut down. (Fifteen miles had been drilled of the planned 54 miles.) There were some buildings on the surface; they were eventually sold to a trucking company, JB Hunt.
The sad part is that Congress killed the SSC because they thought it would go over budget ($12B vs $5B), but the tunneling was ahead of schedule and under budget.