I opened the comments specifically to see if anyone else thought the price was unrealistic.
I'd be surprised if that price would even cover the cost of materials.
Article says 1700lf and looks about 4ft wide, so that’s 6800ft of bridge deck. At $2.8M that would mean they spent $412/sf of deck. Where I live, the state DOT spends about $150/sf of bridge deck for traffic rated bridges. I’ve gotten prices for prefab ped bridges as low as $110 delivered (still have to pay a half-dozen guys for labor and the cost of a crane to place).
I guess there were some special construction challenges, but $415/sf is hardly a bargain for a bridge at first blush.
That may be low in some places where capital improvement costs are basically just graft.
I guess there were some special construction challenges, but $415/sf is hardly a bargain for a bridge at first blush.
That may be low in some places where capital improvement costs are basically just graft.