The city of Atlanta, in anticipation of hosting Sunday's Super Bowl, wasted a whopping $23 million on a pedestrian bridge for football fans that will now be blocked off for the big game because of security risks. The bridge -- which was initially supposed to cost $13 million -- connects Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium and a public transit station. It was intended to allow tens of thousands of fans to easily access the stadium without having to cross four lanes of vehicular traffic. Although it was completed on time, authorities in charge of stadium security have now closed the bridge to the general public after it deciding the span's proximity to the stadium entrance was a security risk, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. “The FBI and NFL in consultation with other security partners made the determination to close the bridge to the public ahead of the event.

Source: Fox News February 02, 2019 10:58 UTC