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> Roads alone cost $2-3M/mile and last 30 years. Amortized, that's on the order of $100k/yr/mile. Do you have a cite for that? I believe that figure for new ro
by telotortium 5y ago
> Roads alone cost $2-3M/mile and last 30 years. Amortized, that's on the order of $100k/yr/mile.
Do you have a cite for that? I believe that figure for new roads, but you generally don't have to rebuild the entire road, including roadbed, after 30 years, just repave, which is a lot cheaper.