Interstate freeway bridge cost: $208 million
We spent a lot of yesterday in the 'Couv, which meant driving over the bridge on I-5 a couple of times. The new bridge is a beauty. It's hard to believe it cost only $208 million to build.
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Comments (9)
They must use a different currency over there, or fewer fingers in the pie.
Posted by Mr. Grumpy | January 30, 2012 11:10 AM
Jack, are you sure those figures aren't in thousands of dollars?
Posted by LexusLibertarian | January 30, 2012 11:10 AM
That's the money spent just on planning.
Posted by Ben | January 30, 2012 12:13 PM
Darn,I was planning on crossing the river to buy beer that is not sold in Oregon. I will have to avoid the traffic caused by the "new" bridge...
Posted by dean | January 30, 2012 12:32 PM
And to think for $208 million, you'd think they'd at least patch up the paint a little bit...
Posted by Erik H. | January 30, 2012 12:40 PM
I would have been willing to plan the new bridge for a flat $200M. They could've saved $8M.
Posted by Andy | January 30, 2012 2:08 PM
We've got $200 million more to waste to catch up to the SR520 floating bringe planning coffee klatch.
Posted by K.J. Hinton | January 30, 2012 2:29 PM
bringe=bridge
Posted by K.J. Hinton | January 30, 2012 2:30 PM
Next time you're up there, take a walk on the "land bridge" over SR 14 between Fort Vancouver and the river. It's neat.
Posted by Benjamin J. | January 31, 2012 11:32 PM