J. D. Vance: “Residents of St. Louis still use that bridge to this very…”

“He said, yes, I can, because I'm an American and I'm going to do it myself. It was the first on the planet, that bridge to be made of steel. And Residents of St. Louis still use that bridge to this very day, nearly 200, 100 years later. That is American ingenuity and American greatness. At the river's mouth in Louisiana, Eads raised jetties that helped calm its violent flooding to prevent the buildup of silt.” (13:18–13:26)

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