“Everlasting” Kawaikapu Bridge Construction Turns the Corner after 3 Years

$4.1 million project slowed by poor planning, myriad delays and pitfalls

in at the finish line at 3 years and 4 months from groundbreaking to completion- which, looking on the brightest of bright sides, is a full 11 months less than the time it took to build San Francisco’s iconic 8,991 ft Golden Gate Bridge. Commuters and weekend warriors can look forward to driving over Molokai’s majestic 30ft (or so) Kawaikapu Bridge in July.