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Bridge Replacement Unit Costs 2014

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NHS | non-NHS | NHS and non-NHS

National Highway System (NHS) Bridges
State Total Number
of SD NHS
Bridges 2014* 		Total Area of
SD NHS
Bridges 2014
(F²)* 		Replacement Unit Costs of SD
NHS Bridges (dollars/F²) 		Estimated 2014 Total
Costs (dollars) Assuming
Replacement of Total
Number of SD NHS
Bridges 		Estimated 2014 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		 2014
Costs
Collected in
2015		 Cost Used For
2014
Estimates**
Alabama 66 1,213,743 213 89 89 131 159,000,285 108,120,194
Alaska 35 374,708   278 269 274 102,482,775 69,688,287
Arizona 78 1,542,104 75 125 101 101 155,752,476 105,911,684
Arkansas 70 1,448,316 76 159 171 136 196,970,963 133,940,255
California 780 23,496,458   154 226 190 4,464,326,963 3,035,742,335
Colorado 131 1,518,319 108 96 105 103 156,386,886 106,343,083
Connecticut 135 5,480,933 247   299 273 1,496,294,591 1,017,480,322
Delaware 13 564,319       169 95,369,832 64,851,485
Dist. Of Col. 7 353,043       169 59,664,198 40,571,655
Florida 26 2,245,875 59 191 96 116 260,521,547 177,154,652
Georgia 55 1,042,894 56 71 73 67 69,873,924 47,514,268
Hawaii 22 129,381 744     744 96,259,812 65,456,672
Idaho 34 422,419 134 154 103 131 55,336,901 37,629,093
Illinois 337 7,090,803 151 171 172 165 1,169,982,422 795,588,047
Indiana 177 3,161,568   118 107 113 355,676,373 241,859,934
Iowa 55 730,084 85 69 95 83 60,596,934 41,205,915
Kansas 35 609,016 111 95 113 107 65,164,724 44,312,012
Kentucky 54 891,767 86 115 188 130 115,929,704 78,832,199
Louisiana 129 9,852,912 56   107 82 803,012,318 546,048,376
Maine 36 330,574 206   284 245 80,990,575 55,073,591
Maryland 57 1,057,911 367 144 206 239 252,840,816 171,931,755
Massachusetts 185 4,147,499 284 300 208 264 1,094,939,687 744,558,987
Michigan 169 3,234,149 195 216 193 202 653,298,080 444,242,694
Minnesota 36 1,516,994 151 144 124 140 212,379,186 144,417,847
Mississippi 42 1,104,860 59 103 61 75 82,864,479 56,347,846
Missouri 150 3,551,123 84 83 79 82 291,192,052 198,010,595
Montana 55 823,040 98     98 80,657,924 54,847,388
Nebraska 58 394,314 106   155 131 51,457,987 34,991,431
Nevada 7 61,239   109   109 6,675,078 4,539,053
New Hampshire 47 492,152       169 83,173,700 56,558,116
New Jersey 211 4,564,400 279 296 243 273 1,246,081,072 847,335,129
New Mexico 58 368,002 192 154 114 154 56,672,276 38,537,148
New York 398 12,187,459 256 203 206 222 2,705,615,789 1,839,818,736
North Carolina 149 3,133,016 97 116 117 110 344,631,807 234,349,628
North Dakota 15 107,071     171 171 18,309,203 12,450,258
Ohio 154 3,220,452 106 153 152 137 441,201,934 300,017,315
Oklahoma 166 2,370,929 84 89 109 94 222,867,335 151,549,788
Oregon 52 1,201,994 152 114 132 133 159,865,145 108,708,299
Pennsylvania 582 7,322,905 240 247 196 228 1,669,622,268 1,135,343,143
Rhode Island 89 1,395,742 318 351 518 396 552,713,835 375,845,408
South Carolina 110 1,925,980 119 134   127 243,636,424 165,672,768
South Dakota 24 245,359 98 114 95 103 25,271,954 17,184,929
Tennessee 99 2,477,742 95 114 77 96 237,863,242 161,747,005
Texas 65 4,111,628 75 70 71 72 296,037,230 201,305,317
Utah 16 169,436 301 292 292 295 49,983,524 33,988,797
Vermont 11 199,452 230 202 429 287 57,242,628 38,924,987
Virginia 162 2,620,709 191 155 208 185 484,831,133 329,685,171
Washington 119 4,651,402 187 170 157 172 800,041,197 544,028,014
West Virginia 98 1,232,201 175 215 139 177 218,099,517 148,307,671
Wisconsin 77 562,862 83 120 132 112 63,040,598 42,867,607
Wyoming 142 1,223,286     114 114 139,454,604 94,829,131
Puerto Rico 73 1,880,854   230 312 271 509,711,528 346,603,839
Totals 5,951 136,055,395     169   23,371,867,436 15,892,869,857

*Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2014 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 3 years of cost data have been collected so far, 2014 averages are calculated for only a 3 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 $169/f²
    • National Average = Average of all the costs in column 2014 Costs Collected in 2015.
non-National Highway System Bridges
State Total Number
of SD
non-NHS Bridges
2014*		 Total Area of
SD non-NHS
Bridges
2014 (F²)*		 Replacement Unit Costs of SD non-NHS
Bridges (dollars/F²)		 Estimated 2014 Total
Costs (dollars) Assuming
Replacement of Total
Number of SD non-NHS
Bridges		 Estimated 2014 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		 2014 Costs
Collected
in 2015		 Cost Used For
2014
Estimates**
Alabama 1,322 2,564,591 107 78 77 88 225,684,047 153,465,152
Alaska 118 441,981 190 375 250 272 120,218,741 81,748,744
Arizona 178 721,264 87 107 121 105 75,732,720 51,498,249
Arkansas 791 2,230,781 97 157 230 162 361,386,515 245,742,830
California 1,721 11,794,487 145 228 179 184 2,170,185,520 1,475,726,154
Colorado 398 1,101,259 125 110   118 129,397,894 87,990,568
Connecticut 243 940,113 372 451 702 509 478,517,535 325,391,924
Delaware 35 22,715 499 144 173 272 6,178,540 4,201,407
Dist. Of Col. 7 73,576       188 13,832,211 9,405,903
Florida 217 1,970,367 68 119 119 102 200,977,445 136,664,663
Georgia 730 2,023,201 95 72 115 94 190,180,881 129,322,999
Hawaii 39 72,685   580 787 684 49,680,113 33,782,477
Idaho 372 959,493 107 151 149 136 130,491,016 88,733,891
Illinois 1,879 6,453,538 133 142 146 141 909,948,889 618,765,244
Indiana 1,725 3,857,936 107 114 113 112 432,088,798 293,820,383
Iowa 4,967 9,267,994 70 80 86 79 732,171,550 497,876,654
Kansas 2,381 3,368,743 86 59 94 80 269,499,428 183,259,611
Kentucky 1,137 2,275,245 126 138 148 138 313,983,830 213,509,005
Louisiana 1,708 7,177,412 75 116 99 97 696,208,980 473,422,106
Maine 328 986,548 186 221 225 211 208,161,544 141,549,850
Maryland 260 853,983 211 366 334 304 259,610,833 176,535,366
Massachusetts 274 1,434,652 410   383 397 568,839,517 386,810,871
Michigan 1,126 2,828,349 199 174 194 189 534,557,974 363,499,422
Minnesota 794 1,752,166 123 132 89 115 201,499,119 137,019,401
Mississippi 2,233 4,524,342 57 60 79 66 298,606,564 203,052,464
Missouri 3,160 7,091,526 97 85 94 92 652,420,358 443,645,843
Montana 345 831,708 126 98 179 135 112,280,634 76,350,831
Nebraska 2,596 3,262,189 92 97 109 100 326,218,904 221,828,855
Nevada 27 95,047     240 240 22,811,372 15,511,733
New Hampshire 277 650,706   260 221 241 156,494,753 106,416,432
New Jersey 410 1,771,231   284   284 503,029,584 342,060,117
New Mexico 226 755,864 129 110 170 137 103,553,318 70,416,257
New York 1,614 5,533,598 216 183 220 207 1,145,454,770 778,909,244
North Carolina 2,050 7,383,052 97 103 110 104 767,837,398 522,129,431
North Dakota 686 800,711 145 150 140 145 116,103,110 78,950,115
Ohio 1,926 4,907,497 312 162 157 211 1,035,481,886 704,127,682
Oklahoma 4,050 7,760,948 91 90 115 99 768,333,804 522,466,987
Oregon 387 1,404,164 141 161 187 163 228,878,797 155,637,582
Pennsylvania 4,468 9,820,774 248 259 283 264 2,592,684,341 1,763,025,352
Rhode Island 85 348,432 339     339 118,118,608 80,320,653
South Carolina 921 3,486,210 94 159 113 122 425,317,644 289,215,998
South Dakota 1,150 1,812,333 99 115 116 110 199,356,636 135,562,512
Tennessee 984 2,930,018 85 79   82 240,261,489 163,377,812
Texas 1,062 3,641,094 53 84 101 80 291,287,515 198,075,510
Utah 86 138,112 170     170 23,479,044 15,965,750
Vermont 195 405,233 291 249 267 269 109,007,563 74,125,143
Virginia 958 2,504,235 178 214 212 202 505,855,481 343,981,727
Washington 263 1,277,915 243 197 176 206 263,250,458 179,010,311
West Virginia 862 1,825,669 172 191 145 170 310,363,711 211,047,324
Wisconsin 1,135 2,575,703 89 87 117 98 252,418,849 171,644,818
Wyoming 280 888,178 98 89 131 106 94,146,921 64,019,906
Puerto Rico 228 863,793 264 143 131 180 155,482,740 105,728,263
Totals 55,414 144,463,360     188   21,097,569,891 14,346,347,526

* Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2014 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 3 years of cost data have been collected so far, 2014 averages are calculated for only a 3 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 $188/f²
    • National Average = Average of all the costs in column 2014 Costs Collected in 2015.
National Highway System and non-National Highway System Bridges
State Total Number
of SD NHS and
non-NHS
Bridges 2014*		 Total Area of SD
NHS and non-NHS
Bridges
2014 (F²) *		 Estimated 2014 Total
Costs (dollars)
Assuming
Replacement of Total
Number of SD NHS
and non-NHS Bridges		 Estimated 2014 Total Costs
(dollars) Assuming
Rehabilitation of Total
Number of SD NHS and non-NHS
Bridges (Rehabilitation cost =
68% of Replacement cost)
Alabama 1,388 3,778,334 384,684,332 261,585,346
Alaska 153 816,689 222,701,516 151,437,031
Arizona 256 2,263,368 231,485,196 157,409,933
Arkansas 861 3,679,097 558,357,478 379,683,085
California 2,501 35,290,944 6,634,512,483 4,511,468,489
Colorado 529 2,619,578 285,784,780 194,333,650
Connecticut 378 6,421,046 1,974,812,126 1,342,872,246
Delaware 48 587,034 101,548,372 69,052,893
Dist. Of Col. 14 426,618 73,496,409 49,977,558
Florida 243 4,216,243 461,498,992 313,819,315
Georgia 785 3,066,095 260,054,805 176,837,267
Hawaii 61 202,066 145,939,925 99,239,149
Idaho 406 1,381,912 185,827,917 126,362,984
Illinois 2,216 13,544,341 2,079,931,311 1,414,353,291
Indiana 1,902 7,019,503 787,765,171 535,680,317
Iowa 5,022 9,998,078 792,768,483 539,082,569
Kansas 2,416 3,977,759 334,664,151 227,571,623
Kentucky 1,191 3,167,012 429,913,535 292,341,204
Louisiana 1,837 17,030,324 1,499,221,298 1,019,470,483
Maine 364 1,317,121 289,152,119 196,623,441
Maryland 317 1,911,894 512,451,649 348,467,121
Massachusetts 459 5,582,151 1,663,779,203 1,131,369,858
Michigan 1,295 6,062,498 1,187,856,053 807,742,116
Minnesota 830 3,269,160 413,878,306 281,437,248
Mississippi 2,275 5,629,202 381,471,043 259,400,309
Missouri 3,310 10,642,648 943,612,410 641,656,439
Montana 400 1,654,748 192,938,558 131,198,220
Nebraska 2,654 3,656,503 377,676,891 256,820,286
Nevada 34 156,287 29,486,450 20,050,786
New Hampshire 324 1,142,858 239,668,453 162,974,548
New Jersey 621 6,335,630 1,749,110,656 1,189,395,246
New Mexico 284 1,123,865 160,225,594 108,953,404
New York 2,012 17,721,056 3,851,070,559 2,618,727,980
North Carolina 2,199 10,516,068 1,112,469,204 756,479,059
North Dakota 701 907,782 134,412,313 91,400,373
Ohio 2,080 8,127,949 1,476,683,820 1,004,144,998
Oklahoma 4,216 10,131,877 991,201,139 674,016,774
Oregon 439 2,606,158 388,743,942 264,345,881
Pennsylvania 5,050 17,143,679 4,262,306,609 2,898,368,494
Rhode Island 174 1,744,174 670,832,443 456,166,061
South Carolina 1,031 5,412,190 668,954,068 454,888,766
South Dakota 1,174 2,057,692 224,628,590 152,747,441
Tennessee 1,083 5,407,760 478,124,731 325,124,817
Texas 1,127 7,752,722 587,324,746 399,380,827
Utah 102 307,548 73,462,568 49,954,547
Vermont 206 604,684 166,250,190 113,050,129
Virginia 1,120 5,124,944 990,686,614 673,666,898
Washington 382 5,929,317 1,063,291,655 723,038,325
West Virginia 960 3,057,870 528,463,228 359,354,995
Wisconsin 1,212 3,138,565 315,459,448 214,512,425
Wyoming 422 2,111,464 233,601,525 158,849,037
Puerto Rico 301 2,744,647 665,194,269 452,332,103
Totals 61,365 280,518,755 44,469,437,327 30,239,217,383

* Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2014 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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