The need for a new bridge provided the opportunity to create a 21st century arch bridge, a contemporary icon of Western culture.

对新型桥梁的需求提供了一个机遇来创造一座21世纪的拱桥，创造一个当代西方文化的象征。

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When we went on this tour we saw an awful lot of problems and we saw a lot of promise, enough promise to convince us all that we actually can succeed in building a bridge to the 21st century that all Americans can walk across.

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