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Originally Posted by Byrns
Banff's bridge only cost $2mill. I guess they don't care about having extra tourists coming just to see it.
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/colum...47106-sun.html
Since they consulted the citizens of Banff before agreeing on a design and location, I expect it to fall into the river within a year. |
Another embarrassing article from the Sun. The Calgary bridge is twice as wide and twice as long. In other words, Calgary's bridge has 4 times the deck area as Banff's bridge, and by the time you factor in the extra structure required for a longer open span, and the difficulty in building a longer open span, the multiplier would probobly be at least 6-8 times. That would mean a similar design to Banff bridge being built in Calgary at the site of the proposed peace bridge would cost $15 Million +/- a million or two.
The sun writer also got the cost of the Banff bridge wrong, it's not 2.01 million, it's nearly 2.3 million. It doesn't sound like much, but it makes a difference when you also have to add a multiplier to do a proper cost comparison.
The Banff bridge also will require in stream work, something that Calgary is avoiding.