Microsoft Flight Simulator: Why are (most of) the bridges still solid?

You’d think a couple of years after release with regular world updates and patches that most bridges would now be modelled as bridges, and not photogrammetry draped over elevation data. At least significant landmark bridges such as the Golden Gate and Bay Bridge are now (very beautifully too) modelled accurately and yes you can fly under them without hitting a brick wall:

Bay Bridge, San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

You don’t have to fly too far however before you start to see these again, here’s the Carquinez Bridge in Crockett, about 6 miles to the NE:

Carquinez Bridge

Don’t try flying under this one, it doesn’t end well.

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