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It would cost that much just to add the pontoons to the bridge. The cost of actually adding more bridge width and the rails thereupon would be more.
by thrownaway2424 11y ago
It would cost that much just to add the pontoons to the bridge. The cost of actually adding more bridge width and the rails thereupon would be more.
- WalterBright 11y agoI read that the 520 new bridge was build to accommodate light rail with $200m in additional spending.
- thrownaway2424 11y agoDid you read that from WSDOT? WSDOT says this: "How much would it cost to add light rail to the floating bridge? [...] Secondly, it would cost between $150 million and $200 million to construct the 30 additional pontoons and to install them on the floating bridge, alongside the 77 pontoons required for the six-lane bridge. There would be other costs associated with the bridge deck expansion and other infrastructure, including rail lines."
- WalterBright 11y agoYes, that's what I'd read, and apparently it would cost more. But it clearly is designed to accommodate the rail expansion, rather than having to build yet another bridge for that.