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> Its cost, $300 million For a 1.4 mile bridge 100 meters off the ground? That is a fucking steal. How do they pull this off?
by randyrand 9y ago
> Its cost, $300 million
For a 1.4 mile bridge 100 meters off the ground? That is a fucking steal. How do they pull this off?
- HCIdivision17 9y agoI didn't have an intuition for this, so I took a shot in the dark as a baseline. Wolfram Alpha suggests that the Golden Gate bridge was about $350M in modern money, and given length and height, I'd say they're pretty comparable. They're both within probably $25M of what you'd sort of expect of each other, with the Golden Gate being a little longer (0.3 miles) and the one you're referencing is much lower (GG is 120m higher). Now, I'd guess there's some debate if the Golden Gate was worth it, but I think in the long run these sorts of things define regions and become essential. EDIT: Noting I already did the 1930s money conversion.
- swuecho 9y agoit worth 350M in modern money does not mean you can build it today with 350M.
- HCIdivision17 9y agoTo be sure - and in fact people seem to debate the idea that the same bridge would even be built at all these days. It was apparently quite the political undertaking.
- Rexxar 9y agoSimilar price to big bridges in Europe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct) Total length 2,460m Width 32.05m Height 343m Cost €394,000,000