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Bridge Replacement Unit Costs 2019

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NHS POOR (SD)  |  non-NHS POOR (SD)  |  NHS and non-NHS POOR (SD)

ESTIMATED 2019 REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION COSTS OF POOR (STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT (SD))
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM (NHS) BRIDGES
StateTotal Number of POOR (SD) NHS Bridges 2019*Total Area of POOR (SD) NHS Bridges 2019 (ft2)*Replacement Unit Costs of NHS Bridges (dollars/ft2)Estimated 2019 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Replacement of Total Number of POOR (SD) NHS BridgesEstimated 2019 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Rehabilitation of Total Number of POOR (SD) NHS Bridges (Rehabilitation cost = 68% of Replacement cost)
2017 Costs Collected in 20182018 Costs Collected in 2019 2019 Costs Collected in 2020 Cost Used For 2019 Estimates**
Alabama 41 1,146,896 160 97 110 122 140,303,666 95,406,493
Alaska 23 268,596 340 242   291 78,161,413 53,149,761
Arizona 25 353,414 130 133 393 219 77,279,787 52,550,255
Arkansas 58 1,191,947 205 138 239 194 231,237,659 157,241,608
California 514 15,844,580 207 293 288 263 4,161,843,102 2,830,053,309
Colorado 104 1,851,921 129 123 146 133 245,688,145 167,067,938
Connecticut 73 3,056,196 288 325 397 337 1,028,919,261 699,665,098
Delaware 6 462,074       246 113,670,146 77,295,699
District Of Columbia 8 589,363   438   438 258,141,000 175,535,880
Florida 23 1,551,636 135 112 119 122 189,299,537 128,723,685
Georgia 20 699,214 151 245 136 177 123,993,977 84,315,904
Hawaii 31 245,830 1,589 1,341 1,118 1,349 331,706,987 225,560,751
Idaho 29 281,590 159 221 240 207 58,195,313 39,572,813
Illinois 432 10,115,542 179 169 183 177 1,790,450,873 1,217,506,594
Indiana 49 707,724 368 192 160 240 169,853,724 115,500,532
Iowa 23 793,451 117 124 94 112 88,602,033 60,249,382
Kansas 10 434,620 118 360 106 195 84,605,957 57,532,051
Kentucky 38 1,242,067 196 124 117 146 180,927,760 123,030,877
Louisiana 146 9,912,923 245 96 145 162 1,605,893,600 1,092,007,648
Maine 30 210,423   191 548 370 77,751,204 52,870,819
Maryland 40 1,078,915   316   316 340,937,143 231,837,257
Massachusetts 203 3,812,069 472 347 547 455 1,735,762,127 1,180,318,246
Michigan 173 2,366,368 206 188 223 206 486,683,060 330,944,481
Minnesota 35 322,400 199 221 207 209 67,381,666 45,819,533
Mississippi 22 980,267 104 74 103 94 91,818,366 62,436,489
Missouri 166 4,584,914 88 105 98 97 444,736,623 302,420,903
Montana 45 798,737 148 150 169 156 124,336,696 84,548,954
Nebraska 49 311,541 151 156   154 47,821,502 32,518,621
Nevada 6 112,621     192 192 21,623,219 14,703,789
New Hampshire 29 337,458 363   339 351 118,447,784 80,544,493
New Jersey 180 4,265,165 328 341 517 395 1,686,161,740 1,146,589,983
New Mexico 33 368,367 161   144 153 56,175,969 38,199,659
New York 327 9,975,564 289 262 456 336 3,348,464,358 2,276,955,763
North Carolina 179 3,204,245 110 112 150 124 397,326,415 270,181,962
North Dakota 9 122,209 129 136 228 164 20,082,954 13,656,409
Ohio 65 1,231,497 169 165 197 177 217,975,021 148,223,014
Oklahoma 60 842,489 100 117 168 128 108,119,411 73,521,199
Oregon 28 555,921 195 203 196 198 110,072,398 74,849,231
Pennsylvania 338 4,597,638 299 269 396 321 1,477,374,267 1,004,614,502
Rhode Island 86 1,575,778 277 464 372 371 584,613,725 397,537,333
South Carolina 100 2,023,981 144 136 143 141 285,381,256 194,059,254
South Dakota 18 203,116 145 162 249 185 37,644,251 25,598,091
Tennessee 121 2,190,718 142 170 148 153 335,910,129 228,418,888
Texas 85 3,340,070 80 60 95 78 261,638,838 177,914,410
Utah 6 62,995     204 204 12,851,006 8,738,684
Vermont 11 165,234 322     322 53,205,268 36,179,582
Virginia 108 2,079,453 360 191 217 256 532,340,003 361,991,202
Washington 116 3,326,528 271   269 270 898,162,497 610,750,498
West Virginia 201 3,754,422 196 169 162 176 659,526,733 448,478,178
Wisconsin 97 786,866 107 138 129 125 98,095,914 66,705,222
Wyoming 40 428,309 151 168 192 170 72,955,305 49,609,608
Puerto Rico 71 1,520,146       246 373,955,918 254,290,024
Totals 4,730 112,286,007     246   26,144,106,705 17,777,992,559
  • *Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2019 archive, see https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/condition.cfm
  • **Costs used for estimates is determined by averaging the current and the previous 2 years of submitted Replacement Unit Costs of 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.
    • 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 NHS bridges is $246/ft2
      • National Average = Average of all the costs in column '2019 Costs Collected in 2020'.
    • FHWA initiated the collection of Replacement Unit Costs of NHS and non-NHS Bridges in 2012 as is required under MAP-21.
    • Collection of costs related to bridge construction is required by the National Bridge and Tunnel Inspection Standards (23 U.S.C.144(b)(5)).
ESTIMATED 2019 REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION COSTS OF POOR (STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT (SD))
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM (non-NHS) BRIDGES
StateTotal Number of POOR (SD) non-NHS Bridges 2019* Total Area of POOR (SD) non-NHS Bridges 2019 (ft2)* Replacement Unit Costs of non-NHS Bridges (dollars/ft2) Estimated 2019 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Replacement of Total Number of POOR (SD) non-NHS BridgesEstimated 2019 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Rehabilitation of Total Number of POOR (SD) non-NHS Bridges (Rehabilitation cost = 68% of Replacement cost)
2017 Costs Collected in 2018 2018 Costs Collected in 2019 2019 Costs Collected in 2020 Cost Used For 2019 Estimates**
Alabama 613 1,478,999 114 123 119 119 175,507,869 119,345,351
Alaska 122 348,505 449 541 274 421 146,836,617 99,848,899
Arizona 112 547,882 135 156 228 173 94,783,512 64,452,788
Arkansas 568 2,115,118 143 148 180 157 332,073,498 225,809,978
California 1,283 7,354,875 364 420 371 385 2,831,626,794 1,925,506,220
Colorado 362 960,647 173 142   158 151,301,947 102,885,324
Connecticut 202 712,571 411 560 468 480 341,796,395 232,421,549
Delaware 22 125,207 297   455 376 47,077,937 32,012,997
District Of Columbia 2 3,909   615 1,468 1,042 4,071,280 2,768,470
Florida 338 1,788,198 163 124 204 164 292,668,428 199,014,531
Georgia 421 1,537,585 134 175 163 157 241,913,370 164,501,092
Hawaii 49 91,533   914 2,343 1,629 149,060,909 101,361,418
Idaho 266 665,247 189 227 231 216 143,471,616 97,560,699
Illinois 1,975 7,819,787 192 174 175 180 1,410,168,337 958,914,469
Indiana 1,117 2,781,251 171 162 198 177 492,281,479 334,751,406
Iowa 4,552 8,574,105 108 99 104 104 888,848,851 604,417,219
Kansas 1,270 2,169,316 84 90 116 97 209,700,501 142,596,341
Kentucky 1,004 2,275,335 151 143 270 188 427,763,062 290,878,882
Louisiana 1,555 6,213,817 125 124 169 139 865,791,843 588,738,453
Maine 284 803,750 260 253 381 298 239,517,478 162,871,885
Maryland 233 904,778 346 328 356 343 310,640,494 211,235,536
Massachusetts 266 1,333,448 367 472 551 463 617,831,097 420,125,146
Michigan 1,044 2,947,833 232 226 230 229 676,036,299 459,704,683
Minnesota 596 2,225,283 127 222 125 158 351,594,637 239,084,353
Mississippi 1,462 3,260,781 75 75 95 82 266,297,136 181,082,052
Missouri 1,981 5,819,621 110 104 111 108 630,458,892 428,712,046
Montana 335 931,167 158 185 205 183 170,093,162 115,663,350
Nebraska 1,307 2,167,980 181 167 146 165 356,994,100 242,755,988
Nevada 20 81,331   342   342 27,815,260 18,914,377
New Hampshire 184 516,938 316 266 688 423 218,837,032 148,809,182
New Jersey 349 1,669,476     566 566 944,923,509 642,547,986
New Mexico 187 691,613 183 206   195 134,518,654 91,472,685
New York 1,418 4,290,852 314 343 370 342 1,468,901,825 998,853,241
North Carolina 1,535 5,969,997 123 126 149 133 792,019,596 538,573,325
North Dakota 453 534,244 206 165 167 179 95,807,683 65,149,224
Ohio 1,392 4,177,528 180 188 177 182 758,917,507 516,063,905
Oklahoma 2,292 4,186,578 94 106 125 108 453,545,896 308,411,209
Oregon 398 1,255,523 174 253 250 226 283,329,635 192,664,152
Pennsylvania 3,163 7,024,603 335 349 354 346 2,430,512,518 1,652,748,512
Rhode Island 88 387,451 269 413 427 370 143,227,854 97,394,941
South Carolina 695 3,029,102 108 121 129 119 361,472,862 245,801,546
South Dakota 973 1,640,241 134 196 180 170 278,841,030 189,611,901
Tennessee 766 2,456,073 124 158 136 139 342,212,884 232,704,761
Texas 640 2,605,954 109 91 97 99 257,989,495 175,432,857
Utah 60 114,143   168 202 185 21,116,468 14,359,198
Vermont 57 238,512 294 228 288 270 64,398,311 43,790,852
Virginia 499 1,945,380 281 332 235 283 549,894,044 373,927,950
Washington 268 1,357,691 241 192 316 250 338,970,263 230,499,779
West Virginia 1,330 2,847,541 184 219 226 210 597,034,489 405,983,452
Wisconsin 929 2,227,556 117 132 137 129 286,612,203 194,896,298
Wyoming 175 613,004 110 163 156 143 87,659,601 59,608,529
Puerto Rico 213 728,729 208   307 258 187,647,784 127,600,493
Totals 41,425 118,548,588     315   23,992,413,941 16,314,841,480
  • *Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2019 archive, see https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/condition.cfm
  • **Costs used for estimates is determined by averaging the current and the previous 2 years of submitted Replacement Unit Costs of 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.
    • 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 non-NHS bridges is $315/ft2
      • National Average = Average of all the costs in column '2019 Costs Collected in 2020'.
    • FHWA initiated the collection of Replacement Unit Costs of NHS and non-NHS Bridges in 2012 as is required under MAP-21.
    • Collection of costs related to bridge construction is required by the National Bridge and Tunnel Inspection Standards (23 U.S.C.144(b)(5)).
ESTIMATED 2019 REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION COSTS OF POOR (STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT (SD))
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM (NHS) and NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM (non-NHS) BRIDGES
State Total Number of POOR (SD) NHS and non-NHS Bridges 2019* Total Area of POOR (SD) NHS and non-NHS Bridges 2019 (ft2) * Estimated 2019 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Replacement of Total Number of POOR (SD) NHS and non-NHS Bridges Estimated 2019 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Rehabilitation of Total Number of POOR (SD) NHS and non-NHS Bridges (Rehabilitation cost = 68% of Replacement cost)
Alabama 654 2,625,895 315,811,535 214,751,844
Alaska 145 617,101 224,998,030 152,998,661
Arizona 137 901,295 172,063,299 117,003,043
Arkansas 626 3,307,065 563,311,157 383,051,587
California 1,797 23,199,455 6,993,469,895 4,755,559,529
Colorado 466 2,812,568 396,990,092 269,953,262
Connecticut 275 3,768,766 1,370,715,657 932,086,646
Delaware 28 587,281 160,748,082 109,308,696
District Of Columbia 10 593,272 262,212,280 178,304,351
Florida 361 3,339,834 481,967,965 327,738,216
Georgia 441 2,236,799 365,907,347 248,816,996
Hawaii 80 337,363 480,767,896 326,922,169
Idaho 295 946,837 201,666,929 137,133,512
Illinois 2,407 17,935,329 3,200,619,210 2,176,421,063
Indiana 1,166 3,488,975 662,135,204 450,251,938
Iowa 4,575 9,367,556 977,450,884 664,666,601
Kansas 1,280 2,603,935 294,306,458 200,128,392
Kentucky 1,042 3,517,402 608,690,822 413,909,759
Louisiana 1,701 16,126,741 2,471,685,443 1,680,746,101
Maine 314 1,014,173 317,268,682 215,742,704
Maryland 273 1,983,693 651,577,637 443,072,793
Massachusetts 469 5,145,518 2,353,593,224 1,600,443,392
Michigan 1,217 5,314,201 1,162,719,359 790,649,164
Minnesota 631 2,547,683 418,976,303 284,903,886
Mississippi 1,484 4,241,049 358,115,502 243,518,541
Missouri 2,147 10,404,534 1,075,195,514 731,132,950
Montana 380 1,729,904 294,429,858 200,212,304
Nebraska 1,356 2,479,521 404,815,602 275,274,609
Nevada 26 193,952 49,438,479 33,618,166
New Hampshire 213 854,396 337,284,816 229,353,675
New Jersey 529 5,934,641 2,631,085,249 1,789,137,969
New Mexico 220 1,059,980 190,694,623 129,672,344
New York 1,745 14,266,417 4,817,366,183 3,275,809,005
North Carolina 1,714 9,174,242 1,189,346,011 808,755,287
North Dakota 462 656,452 115,890,636 78,805,633
Ohio 1,457 5,409,025 976,892,527 664,286,919
Oklahoma 2,352 5,029,066 561,665,307 381,932,409
Oregon 426 1,811,444 393,402,033 267,513,383
Pennsylvania 3,501 11,622,240 3,907,886,785 2,657,363,014
Rhode Island 174 1,963,230 727,841,579 494,932,274
South Carolina 795 5,053,083 646,854,117 439,860,800
South Dakota 991 1,843,358 316,485,282 215,209,992
Tennessee 887 4,646,792 678,123,014 461,123,649
Texas 725 5,946,025 519,628,334 353,347,267
Utah 66 177,138 33,967,474 23,097,882
Vermont 68 403,746 117,603,579 79,970,434
Virginia 607 4,024,833 1,082,234,047 735,919,152
Washington 384 4,684,219 1,237,132,759 841,250,276
West Virginia 1,531 6,601,963 1,256,561,222 854,461,631
Wisconsin 1,026 3,014,422 384,708,117 261,601,520
Wyoming 215 1,041,313 160,614,906 109,218,136
Puerto Rico 284 2,248,875 561,603,702 381,890,517
Totals 46,155 230,834,595 50,136,520,646 34,092,834,039

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