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Bridge Replacement Unit Costs 2013

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NHS | non-NHS | NHS and non-NHS

National Highway System (NHS) Bridges
State Total Number
of SD NHS
Bridges 2013* 		Total Area of
SD NHS
Bridges 2013
(F²)* 		Replacement Unit Costs of SD
NHS Bridges (dollars/F²) 		Estimated 2013 Total
Costs (dollars) Assuming
Replacement of Total
Number of SD NHS
Bridges 		Estimated 2013 Total Costs
(dollars) Assuming
Rehabilitation of Total
Number of SD NHS Bridges
(Rehabilitation cost = 68% of
Replacement cost)
2012 Costs
Collected in
2013		 2013 Costs
Collected in
2014		 Cost Used For
2013
Estimates**
Alabama 73 1,249,906 213 89 151 188,735,875 128,340,395
Alaska 39 395,582   278 278 109,971,867 74,780,869
Arizona 69 1,488,239 75 125 100 148,823,927 101,200,270
Arkansas 78 1,661,441 76 159 118 196,050,057 133,314,039
California 962 30,150,132   154 154 4,643,120,349 3,157,321,837
Colorado 135 1,577,540 108 96 102 160,909,032 109,418,141
Connecticut 143 5,956,708 247   247 1,471,306,988 1,000,488,752
Delaware 14 590,013     159 93,812,081 63,792,215
Dist. Of Col. 14 557,660     159 88,668,013 60,294,249
Florida 24 2,173,456 59 191 125 271,681,997 184,743,758
Georgia 52 969,691 56 71 64 62,060,209 42,200,942
Hawaii 34 299,404 744   744 222,756,892 151,474,686
Idaho 33 441,683 134 154 144 63,602,358 43,249,604
Illinois 298 7,350,247 151 171 161 1,183,389,720 804,705,009
Indiana 200 3,492,334   118 118 412,095,391 280,224,866
Iowa 62 796,220 85 69 77 61,308,939 41,690,078
Kansas 32 606,709 111 95 193 117,094,806 79,624,468
Kentucky 69 1,860,817 86 115 101 187,012,062 127,168,202
Louisiana 126 9,618,177 56   56 538,617,936 366,260,196
Maine 39 442,466 206   206 91,148,095 61,980,704
Maryland 57 1,042,055 367 144 256 266,245,162 181,046,710
Massachusetts 194 4,713,306 284 300 292 1,376,285,474 935,874,123
Michigan 152 2,967,728 195 216 206 609,868,077 414,710,292
Minnesota 42 1,466,173 151 144 148 216,260,547 147,057,172
Mississippi 39 1,136,870 59 103 81 92,086,458 62,618,792
Missouri 158 3,744,330 84 83 84 312,651,555 212,603,058
Montana 48 615,948 98   98 60,362,927 41,046,791
Nebraska 54 507,002 106   106 53,742,252 36,544,731
Nevada 8 61,239   109 109 6,675,078 4,539,053
New Hampshire 43 463,983     159 73,773,337 50,165,869
New Jersey 207 5,794,944 279 296 288 1,666,046,311 1,132,911,491
New Mexico 63 419,901 192 154 173 72,642,935 49,397,196
New York 413 12,784,928 256 203 230 2,934,140,891 1,995,215,806
North Carolina 159 3,278,392 97 116 107 349,148,735 237,421,140
North Dakota 18 150,898     159 23,992,820 16,315,118
Ohio 179 3,969,030 106 153 130 513,989,428 349,512,811
Oklahoma 194 2,710,875 84 89 87 234,490,682 159,453,664
Oregon 55 1,335,031 152 114 133 177,559,147 120,740,220
Pennsylvania 583 7,480,878 240 247 244 1,821,593,676 1,238,683,699
Rhode Island 77 1,249,135 318 351 335 417,835,789 284,128,337
South Carolina 114 2,191,309 119 134 127 277,200,571 188,496,388
South Dakota 31 286,794 98 114 106 30,400,167 20,672,113
Tennessee 101 2,118,155 95 114 105 221,347,171 150,516,076
Texas 84 3,885,195 75 70 73 281,676,651 191,540,123
Utah 22 187,072 301 292 297 55,466,964 37,717,536
Vermont 10 181,489 230 202 216 39,201,583 26,657,077
Virginia 176 3,099,377 191 155 173 536,192,147 364,610,660
Washington 132 5,276,004 187 170 179 941,766,667 640,401,334
West Virginia 97 1,156,775 175 215 195 225,571,124 153,388,365
Wisconsin 81 1,318,484 83 120 102 133,826,161 91,001,790
Wyoming 175 1,375,940     159 218,774,418 148,766,604
Puerto Rico 86 1,710,040   230 230 393,309,199 267,450,255
Totals 6,348 150,357,708 24,946,290,700 16,963,477,676

* Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2013 archive, see https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/deficient.cfm

  • Square Meters is Converted to Square Feet by multiplying by 10.76

** Costs used for estimates is determined by averaging the current year the the previous 2 years of submitted Replacement Unit Costs of SD NHS Bridges.

  • When cost data is not submitted for a particular year in the 3 year period, an average of the costs submitted is used.
  • When no cost data is submitted for the entire 3 year period, the National Average of the Costs Collected for the current year is used.
  • Blank means no cost data was submitted for the particular year.
  • FHWA initiated the collection of Replacement Unit Costs of SD NHS and non-NHS Bridges in 2012 as is required under MAP-21.
    • Since only 2 years of cost data have been collected so far, 2013 averages are calculated for only a 2 year period.
  • Bridge construction costs may vary year to year. To minimize this variation, an average unit cost is used as it is a good measure of central tendency.
    • The use of average unit costs has historically been done for calculating the Highway Bridge Program apportionments.
  • National Average of the costs collected to replace SD NHS bridges is $159/f²
    • National Average = Average of all the costs in column 2013 Costs Collected in 2014.
non-National Highway System Bridges
State Total Number
of SD
non-NHS Bridges
2013*		 Total Area of
SD non-NHS
Bridges
2013 (F²)*		 Replacement Unit Costs of SD non-NHS
Bridges (dollars/F²)		 Estimated 2013 Total
Costs (dollars) Assuming
Replacement of Total
Number of SD non-NHS
Bridges		 Estimated 2013 Total Costs
(dollars) Assuming
Rehabilitation of Total
Number of SD non-NHS
Bridges (Rehabilitation cost =
68% of Replacement cost)
2012 Costs
Collected in
2013		 2013 Costs
Collected in
2014		 Cost Used For
2013
Estimates**
Alabama 1,332 2,569,105 107 78 93 237,642,168 161,596,674
Alaska 94 389,171 190 375 283 109,940,903 74,759,814
Arizona 169 666,812 87 107 97 64,680,769 43,982,923
Arkansas 802 2,141,918 97 157 127 272,023,557 184,976,019
California 1,807 12,665,775 145 228 187 2,362,166,966 1,606,273,537
Colorado 401 1,065,969 125 110 118 125,251,407 85,170,957
Connecticut 270 1,023,019 372 451 412 420,972,295 286,261,161
Delaware 42 55,450 499 144 322 17,827,086 12,122,418
Dist. Of Col. 7 284,925     166 47,297,570 32,162,348
Florida 235 2,019,763 68 119 94 188,847,875 128,416,555
Georgia 783 2,189,914 95 72 84 182,857,787 124,343,295
Hawaii 110 182,273   580 580 105,718,153 71,888,344
Idaho 373 975,119 107 151 129 125,790,375 85,537,455
Illinois 1,977 6,483,403 133 142 138 891,467,902 606,198,173
Indiana 1,744 3,914,395 107 114 111 432,540,663 294,127,651
Iowa 4,981 9,035,922 70 80 75 677,694,132 460,832,010
Kansas 2,522 3,545,952 86 59 73 257,081,487 174,815,411
Kentucky 1,165 2,437,848 126 138 132 321,795,894 218,821,208
Louisiana 1,701 6,877,290 75 116 96 656,781,169 446,611,195
Maine 327 1,030,571 186 221 204 209,721,168 142,610,394
Maryland 276 950,693 211 366 289 274,274,843 186,506,894
Massachusetts 293 1,555,060 410   410 637,574,535 433,550,684
Michigan 1,146 2,869,532 199 174 187 535,167,758 363,914,075
Minnesota 1,044 2,570,522 123 132 128 327,741,614 222,864,298
Mississippi 2,235 4,454,516 57 60 59 260,589,176 177,200,640
Missouri 3,199 7,126,161 97 85 91 648,480,689 440,966,869
Montana 328 742,137 126 98 112 83,119,320 56,521,137
Nebraska 2,685 3,364,605 92 97 95 317,955,160 216,209,509
Nevada 28 87,924     166 14,595,428 9,924,891
New Hampshire 312 701,680   260 260 182,436,923 124,057,108
New Jersey 417 1,630,160   284 284 462,965,444 314,816,502
New Mexico 235 824,156 129 110 120 98,486,599 66,970,887
New York 1,665 5,611,008 216 183 200 1,119,396,085 761,189,338
North Carolina 2,149 7,780,710 97 103 100 778,070,955 529,088,249
North Dakota 708 820,004 145 150 148 120,950,621 82,246,423
Ohio 2,063 5,255,768 312 162 237 1,245,616,952 847,019,527
Oklahoma 4,033 7,941,336 91 90 91 718,690,889 488,709,805
Oregon 376 1,471,374 141 161 151 222,177,497 151,080,698
Pennsylvania 4,635 10,719,876 248 259 254 2,717,488,610 1,847,892,255
Rhode Island 90 383,207 339   339 129,907,306 88,336,968
South Carolina 934 3,381,422 94 159 127 427,749,828 290,869,883
South Dakota 1,179 1,905,982 99 115 107 203,940,047 138,679,232
Tennessee 1,056 3,311,418 85 79 82 271,536,248 184,644,648
Texas 1,199 3,884,015 53 84 69 266,055,000 180,917,400
Utah 95 162,478 170   170 27,621,176 18,782,400
Vermont 241 499,670 291 249 270 134,910,922 91,739,427
Virginia 1,010 2,640,110 178 214 196 517,461,491 351,873,814
Washington 240 1,377,916 243 197 220 303,141,573 206,136,269
West Virginia 847 1,984,770 172 191 182 360,235,680 244,960,262
Wisconsin 1,117 2,692,944 89 87 88 236,979,085 161,145,778
Wyoming 268 862,036 98 89 94 80,600,336 54,808,228
Puerto Rico 229 705,382 264 143 204 143,545,220 97,610,749
Totals 57,174 149,823,162 21,577,562,337 14,672,742,389

* Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2013 archive, see https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/deficient.cfm

  • Square Meters is Converted to Square Feet by multiplying by 10.76

** Costs used for estimates is determined by averaging the current year the the previous 2 years of submitted Replacement Unit Costs of SD non-NHS Bridges.

  • When cost data is not submitted for a particular year in the 3 year period, an average of the costs submitted is used.
  • When no cost data is submitted for the entire 3 year period, the National Average of the Costs Collected for the current year is used.
  • Blank means no cost data was submitted for the particular year.
  • FHWA initiated the collection of Replacement Unit Costs of SD NHS and non-NHS Bridges in 2012 as is required under MAP-21.
    • Since only 2 years of cost data have been collected so far, 2013 averages are calculated for only a 2 year period.
  • Bridge construction costs may vary year to year. To minimize this variation, an average unit cost is used as it is a good measure of central tendency.
    • The use of average unit costs has historically been done for calculating the Highway Bridge Program apportionments.
  • National Average of the costs collected to replace SD non-NHS bridges is $166/f²
    • National Average = Average of all the costs in column 2013 Costs Collected in 2014.
National Highway System and non-National Highway System Bridges
State Total Number
of SD NHS and
non-NHS
Bridges 2013*		 Total Area of SD
NHS and non-NHS
Bridges
2013 (F²) *		 Estimated 2013 Total
Costs (dollars)
Assuming
Replacement of Total
Number of SD NHS
and non-NHS Bridges		 Estimated 2013 Total Costs
(dollars) Assuming
Rehabilitation of Total
Number of SD NHS and non-NHS
Bridges (Rehabilitation cost =
68% of Replacement cost)
Alabama 1,405 3,819,011 426,378,042 289,937,069
Alaska 133 784,754 219,912,770 149,540,683
Arizona 238 2,155,051 213,504,696 145,183,193
Arkansas 880 3,803,359 468,073,614 318,290,058
California 2,769 42,815,907 7,005,287,315 4,763,595,374
Colorado 536 2,643,509 286,160,438 194,589,098
Connecticut 413 6,979,727 1,892,279,284 1,286,749,913
Delaware 56 645,463 111,639,167 75,914,633
Dist. Of Col. 21 842,586 135,965,583 92,456,596
Florida 259 4,193,219 460,529,872 313,160,313
Georgia 835 3,159,604 244,917,996 166,544,237
Hawaii 144 481,677 328,475,045 223,363,031
Idaho 406 1,416,802 189,392,734 128,787,059
Illinois 2,275 13,833,650 2,074,857,622 1,410,903,183
Indiana 1,944 7,406,729 844,636,054 574,352,516
Iowa 5,043 9,832,142 739,003,071 502,522,088
Kansas 2,554 4,152,660 374,176,293 254,439,879
Kentucky 1,234 4,298,664 508,807,957 345,989,410
Louisiana 1,827 16,495,467 1,195,399,104 812,871,391
Maine 366 1,473,037 300,869,263 204,591,099
Maryland 333 1,992,748 540,520,005 367,553,604
Massachusetts 487 6,268,366 2,013,860,009 1,369,424,806
Michigan 1,298 5,837,260 1,145,035,834 778,624,367
Minnesota 1,086 4,036,696 544,002,162 369,921,470
Mississippi 2,274 5,591,386 352,675,635 239,819,431
Missouri 3,357 10,870,491 961,132,245 653,569,926
Montana 376 1,358,085 143,482,247 97,567,928
Nebraska 2,739 3,871,607 371,697,412 252,754,240
Nevada 36 149,164 21,270,506 14,463,944
New Hampshire 355 1,165,664 256,210,260 174,222,977
New Jersey 624 7,425,104 2,129,011,755 1,447,727,993
New Mexico 298 1,244,057 171,129,534 116,368,083
New York 2,078 18,395,936 4,053,536,976 2,756,405,144
North Carolina 2,308 11,059,101 1,127,219,689 766,509,389
North Dakota 726 970,902 144,943,442 98,561,540
Ohio 2,242 9,224,798 1,759,606,380 1,196,532,338
Oklahoma 4,227 10,652,211 953,181,571 648,163,469
Oregon 431 2,806,405 399,736,645 271,820,918
Pennsylvania 5,218 18,200,754 4,539,082,286 3,086,575,955
Rhode Island 167 1,632,343 547,743,096 372,465,305
South Carolina 1,048 5,572,730 704,950,399 479,366,272
South Dakota 1,210 2,192,776 234,340,214 159,351,345
Tennessee 1,157 5,429,572 492,883,418 335,160,724
Texas 1,283 7,769,210 547,731,652 372,457,523
Utah 117 349,550 83,088,140 56,499,935
Vermont 251 681,159 174,112,506 118,396,504
Virginia 1,186 5,739,486 1,053,653,638 716,484,474
Washington 372 6,653,920 1,244,908,240 846,537,603
West Virginia 944 3,141,545 585,806,804 398,348,627
Wisconsin 1,198 4,011,428 370,805,247 252,147,568
Wyoming 443 2,237,975 299,374,754 203,574,833
Puerto Rico 315 2,415,422 536,854,418 365,061,004
Totals 63,522 300,180,870 46,523,853,037 31,636,220,065

* Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2013 archive, see https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/deficient.cfm

  • Square Meters is Converted to Square Feet by multiplying by 10.76

 

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