How to replace a major freeway bridge

[Mik]

$3.6 billion, over a million hours of design work. That's the number that is surprising to me. And it doesn't even tear down the existing bridge.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/05/21/whats-happening-on-brent-spence-bridge-project/82737300007/?utm_source=enquirer-dailybriefing-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailybriefing-headline-stack&utm_term=newsletter-greeting&utm_content=pcin-cincinnati-nletter65

[89th]

Makes you wonder. Is it stricter safety requirements? I always think of the Empire State Building that was built in 13 months and $600 million (in today's dollars). Then again, 5 workers died building it.

[taiwan_girl]

And only took 7 years to build the Roman Colloseum!

(Probably more then 5 people died building it however. LOL)

[Horace]

@89th said in How to replace a major freeway bridge:

Then again, 5 workers died building it.

That’s 0.0000001 COVIDs. It’s almost immoral to feel sad about it.

[jon-nyc]

0.416 columbines.