Would you buy a bridge from this man?

"This is the greatest single financial coup in the history of Chicago." That's how alderman Edward Burke, chairman of the city council's finance committee, described the 99-year lease of the Chicago Skyway, a 7.8-mile toll road, to a private operator for the stunning sum of $1.8 billion - almost $1 billion more than the next-highest bid. The deal, struck in late 2004, was the first privatization of a toll road in the U.S.

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[Source: Financial news of the day - CNNMoney.com]