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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Calculoso, those numbers are pretty for argument's sake, but you're referencing land bridges. Find some numbers on river and water bridges and they will be more expensive.
$25 million is a lot for a premium bridge, but it's a long-term investment.
The Centre Street bridge cost $375,000 in 1913, an awful lot of bucks in that day. However, look at how vital it is to our city. The long-term benefits have far outweighed the initial costs.
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Yup, all of those bridges go over land - the bridges are much shorter, the individual spans are much shorter, and it is much simpler to work over land than it is to work over water. Much more expensive construction methods must be used to work over water as you can't just lift components directly verticallt from the ground to lift them in place for example.
If anything, Calculoso's links support the idea that a bridge of the river is going to cost 10-15 million, minimum.