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Bridge Replacement Unit Costs 2015

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NHS | non-NHS | NHS and non-NHS

National Highway System (NHS) Bridges
State Total Number
of SD NHS
Bridges 2015* 		Total Area of
SD NHS
Bridges 2015
(F²)* 		Replacement Unit Costs of SD
NHS Bridges (dollars/F²) 		Estimated 2015 Total
Costs (dollars) Assuming
Replacement of Total
Number of SD NHS
Bridges 		Estimated 2015 Total Costs
(dollars) Assuming
Rehabilitation of Total
Number of SD NHS Bridges
(Rehabilitation cost = 68% of
Replacement cost)
2013 Costs
Collected in
2014		 2014 Costs
Collected in
2015		 2015
Costs
Collected in 2016		 Cost Used For
2015
Estimates**
Alabama 57 1,154,296 89 89 102 93 107,734,293 73,259,319
Alaska 32 331,611 278 269 340 296 98,046,319 66,671,497
Arizona 69 1,196,654 125 101 118 115 137,216,325 93,307,101
Arkansas 79 2,703,908 159 171 125 152 410,092,713 278,863,045
California 598 18,767,969 154 226 187 189 3,547,146,141 2,412,059,376
Colorado 122 1,550,031 96 105 146 116 179,286,919 121,915,105
Connecticut 123 4,293,924   299 375 337 1,447,052,388 983,995,624
Delaware 9 504,173       209 105,372,157 71,653,067
Dist. Of Col. 7 237,110       209 49,555,990 33,698,073
Florida 23 2,121,739 191 96   144 304,469,547 207,039,292
Georgia 44 874,912 71 73 95 80 69,701,323 47,396,899
Hawaii 21 130,946       209 27,367,714 18,610,046
Idaho 28 372,462 154 103 143 133 49,661,600 33,769,888
Illinois 349 7,501,455 171 172 202 182 1,362,764,325 926,679,741
Indiana 141 2,684,270 118 107 128 118 315,849,103 214,777,390
Iowa 40 579,473 69 95 149 104 60,458,350 41,111,678
Kansas 24 547,850 95 113   104 56,976,400 38,743,952
Kentucky 56 959,245 115 188 249 184 176,501,080 120,020,734
Louisiana 127 9,475,745   107   107 1,013,904,715 689,455,206
Maine 35 255,256   284 109 197 50,157,804 34,107,307
Maryland 46 925,260 144 206   175 161,920,500 110,105,940
Massachusetts 198 5,056,605 300 208 469 326 1,646,767,695 1,119,802,033
Michigan 186 3,624,655 216 193 194 201 728,555,655 495,417,845
Minnesota 33 1,208,325 144 124 165 144 174,401,575 118,593,071
Mississippi 37 1,015,640 103 61 53 72 73,464,627 49,955,946
Missouri 147 3,997,749 83 79 111 91 363,795,159 247,380,708
Montana 60 840,482     191 191 160,532,062 109,161,802
Nebraska 56 359,214   155   155 55,678,170 37,861,156
Nevada 6 217,128 109     109 23,666,952 16,093,527
New Hampshire 42 485,525       209 101,474,725 69,002,813
New Jersey 202 3,936,036 296 243 419 319 1,256,907,496 854,697,097
New Mexico 50 333,124 154 114 178 149 49,524,435 33,676,616
New York 401 12,127,811 203 206 311 240 2,910,674,640 1,979,258,755
North Carolina 158 3,502,048 116 117 161 131 459,935,637 312,756,233
North Dakota 16 184,248   171   171 31,506,408 21,424,357
Ohio 121 2,385,401 153 152 331 212 505,705,012 343,879,408
Oklahoma 131 1,956,385 89 109 97 98 192,377,858 130,816,944
Oregon 37 1,008,683 114 132   123 124,068,009 84,366,246
Pennsylvania 530 6,741,697 247 196 312 252 1,696,660,412 1,153,729,080
Rhode Island 90 1,381,596 351 518 522 464 640,600,012 435,608,008
South Carolina 110 1,887,862 134   106 120 226,543,440 154,049,539
South Dakota 23 223,369 114 95 171 127 28,293,407 19,239,517
Tennessee 86 2,956,936 114 77 81 91 268,095,531 182,304,961
Texas 54 3,584,966 70 71 65 69 246,167,665 167,394,012
Utah 13 152,154 292 292   292 44,428,968 30,211,698
Vermont 10 134,319 202 429 468 366 49,205,527 33,459,758
Virginia 137 2,533,249 155 208   182 459,784,694 312,653,592
Washington 118 4,661,372 170 157 194 174 809,524,937 550,476,957
West Virginia 126 1,711,820 215 139 148 167 286,444,547 194,782,292
Wisconsin 90 634,266 120 132 111 121 76,746,186 52,187,406
Wyoming 116 1,036,431   114   114 118,153,134 80,344,131
Puerto Rico 65 1,580,904 230 312 390 311 491,134,176 333,971,240
Totals 5,479 128,628,289     209   24,032,054,456 16,341,797,030

*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.
  • 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 $209/f²
    • National Average = Average of all the costs in column 2015 Costs Collected in 2016.
non-National Highway System Bridges
State Total Number
of SD
non-NHS Bridges
2015*		 Total Area of
SD non-NHS
Bridges
2015 (F²)*		 Replacement Unit Costs of SD non-NHS
Bridges (dollars/F²)		 Estimated 2015 Total
Costs (dollars) Assuming
Replacement of Total
Number of SD non-NHS
Bridges		 Estimated 2015 Total Costs
(dollars) Assuming
Rehabilitation of Total
Number of SD non-NHS
Bridges (Rehabilitation cost =
68% of Replacement cost)
2013 Costs
Collected in
2014		 2014
Costs
Collected in
2015		 2015
Cost
Collected in
2016		 Cost Used For
2015
Estimates**
Alabama 1,296 2,490,422 78 77 93 83 205,874,885 139,994,922
Alaska 116 391,822 375 250   313 122,444,375 83,262,175
Arizona 177 890,934 107 121 171 133 118,494,222 80,576,071
Arkansas 766 2,194,228 157 230 124 170 373,750,169 254,150,115
California 1,411 9,744,325 228 179 243 217 2,111,270,417 1,435,663,883
Colorado 399 1,144,883 110     110 125,937,130 85,637,248
Connecticut 234 931,566 451 702 480 544 507,082,426 344,816,050
Delaware 39 69,685 144 173 199 172 11,985,820 8,150,358
Dist. Of Col. 3 65,234       188 12,263,992 8,339,515
Florida 228 2,155,117 119 119 100 113 242,809,849 165,110,697
Georgia 685 1,937,195 72 115 116 101 195,656,695 133,046,553
Hawaii 39 81,685 580 787   684 55,831,698 37,965,554
Idaho 357 942,353 151 149 218 173 162,712,951 110,644,807
Illinois 1,895 6,632,628 142 146 163 150 997,105,076 678,031,452
Indiana 1,576 3,335,089 114 113 158 128 428,003,088 291,042,100
Iowa 4,985 9,309,385 80 86 90 85 794,400,853 540,192,580
Kansas 2,279 3,333,221 59 94 105 86 286,657,006 194,926,764
Kentucky 1,127 2,314,530 138 148 157 148 341,778,930 232,409,672
Louisiana 1,711 7,262,141 116 99 140 118 859,353,352 584,360,279
Maine 326 881,759 221 225 220 222 195,750,498 133,110,339
Maryland 260 915,151 366 334 406 369 337,385,669 229,422,255
Massachusetts 263 1,296,987   383 424 404 523,334,255 355,867,293
Michigan 1,113 2,629,978 174 194 180 183 480,409,315 326,678,334
Minnesota 777 1,956,649 132 89 126 116 226,319,068 153,896,966
Mississippi 2,147 4,475,158 60 79 67 69 307,294,183 208,960,044
Missouri 3,075 6,968,193 85 94 103 94 655,010,142 445,406,897
Montana 351 850,042 98 179 131 136 115,605,712 78,611,884
Nebraska 2,418 3,158,012 97 109 133 113 356,855,356 242,661,642
Nevada 29 95,639   240 231 236 22,522,985 15,315,629
New Hampshire 270 685,897 260 221 338 273 187,249,881 127,329,919
New Jersey 394 1,773,448 284     284 503,659,232 342,488,278
New Mexico 217 706,878 110 170 125 135 95,428,530 64,891,400
New York 1,589 5,097,192 183 220 302 235 1,197,840,120 814,531,282
North Carolina 1,927 6,357,815 103 110 111 108 686,644,020 466,917,934
North Dakota 676 789,052 150 140 173 154 121,777,025 82,808,377
Ohio 1,772 4,493,950 162 157 173 164 737,007,800 501,165,304
Oklahoma 3,645 6,639,539 90 115 112 106 701,577,954 477,073,009
Oregon 380 1,397,274 161 187 199 182 254,769,626 173,243,346
Pennsylvania 4,253 9,261,270 259 283 341 294 2,725,900,470 1,853,612,320
Rhode Island 88 380,028       188 71,445,264 48,582,780
South Carolina 894 3,247,732 159 113 142 138 448,187,016 304,767,171
South Dakota 1,133 1,791,467 115 116 165 132 236,473,644 160,802,078
Tennessee 940 2,754,989 79     79 217,644,131 147,998,009
Texas 954 3,202,107 84 101 118 101 323,412,807 219,920,709
Utah 82 128,158       188 24,093,704 16,383,719
Vermont 180 393,526 249 267 349 288 113,466,663 77,157,331
Virginia 926 2,518,078 214 212 170 199 500,258,163 340,175,551
Washington 267 1,361,130 197 176 213 195 265,874,060 180,794,361
West Virginia 966 2,010,185 191 145 201 179 359,823,115 244,679,718
Wisconsin 1,192 2,618,135 87 117 123 109 285,376,715 194,056,166
Wyoming 254 829,758 89 131 142 121 100,124,132 68,084,410
Puerto Rico 231 966,841 143 131 218 164 158,561,924 107,822,108
Totals 53,312 137,858,460     188   21,490,496,112 14,613,537,356

* Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2015 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.
  • 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 2015 Costs Collected in 2016.
National Highway System and non-National Highway System Bridges
State Total Number
of SD NHS and
non-NHS
Bridges 2015*		 Total Area of SD
NHS and non-NHS
Bridges
2015 (F²) *		 Estimated 2015 Total
Costs (dollars)
Assuming
Replacement of Total
Number of SD NHS
and non-NHS Bridges		 Estimated 2015 Total Costs
(dollars) Assuming
Rehabilitation of Total
Number of SD NHS and non-NHS
Bridges (Rehabilitation cost =
68% of Replacement cost)
Alabama 1,353 3,644,718 313,609,179 213,254,241
Alaska 148 723,433 220,490,694 149,933,672
Arizona 246 2,087,588 255,710,547 173,883,172
Arkansas 845 4,898,136 783,842,883 533,013,160
California 2,009 28,512,294 5,658,416,558 3,847,723,259
Colorado 521 2,694,914 305,224,049 207,552,353
Connecticut 357 5,225,490 1,954,134,814 1,328,811,674
Delaware 48 573,858 117,357,977 79,803,424
Dist. Of Col. 10 302,344 61,819,982 42,037,588
Florida 251 4,276,856 547,279,395 372,149,989
Georgia 729 2,812,107 265,358,018 180,443,452
Hawaii 60 212,631 83,199,412 56,575,600
Idaho 385 1,314,815 212,374,551 144,414,695
Illinois 2,244 14,134,083 2,359,869,401 1,604,711,193
Indiana 1,717 6,019,359 743,852,192 505,819,490
Iowa 5,025 9,888,858 854,859,203 581,304,258
Kansas 2,303 3,881,071 343,633,406 233,670,716
Kentucky 1,183 3,273,775 518,280,010 352,430,407
Louisiana 1,838 16,737,886 1,873,258,067 1,273,815,485
Maine 361 1,137,015 245,908,302 167,217,645
Maryland 306 1,840,411 499,306,169 339,528,195
Massachusetts 461 6,353,592 2,170,101,950 1,475,669,326
Michigan 1,299 6,254,633 1,208,964,970 822,096,179
Minnesota 810 3,164,974 400,720,643 272,490,037
Mississippi 2,184 5,490,798 380,758,809 258,915,990
Missouri 3,222 10,965,942 1,018,805,301 692,787,605
Montana 411 1,690,524 276,137,774 187,773,686
Nebraska 2,474 3,517,226 412,533,526 280,522,798
Nevada 35 312,767 46,189,937 31,409,157
New Hampshire 312 1,171,422 288,724,606 196,332,732
New Jersey 596 5,709,484 1,760,566,728 1,197,185,375
New Mexico 267 1,040,002 144,952,965 98,568,016
New York 1,990 17,225,003 4,108,514,760 2,793,790,037
North Carolina 2,085 9,859,863 1,146,579,657 779,674,167
North Dakota 692 973,300 153,283,433 104,232,735
Ohio 1,893 6,879,351 1,242,712,812 845,044,712
Oklahoma 3,776 8,595,924 893,955,813 607,889,953
Oregon 417 2,405,957 378,837,635 257,609,592
Pennsylvania 4,783 16,002,967 4,422,560,882 3,007,341,400
Rhode Island 178 1,761,624 712,045,276 484,190,788
South Carolina 1,004 5,135,594 674,730,456 458,816,710
South Dakota 1,156 2,014,836 264,767,051 180,041,594
Tennessee 1,026 5,711,925 485,739,662 330,302,970
Texas 1,008 6,787,073 569,580,472 387,314,721
Utah 95 280,312 68,522,672 46,595,417
Vermont 190 527,845 162,672,190 110,617,089
Virginia 1,063 5,051,327 960,042,856 652,829,142
Washington 385 6,022,502 1,075,398,997 731,271,318
West Virginia 1,092 3,722,005 646,267,662 439,462,010
Wisconsin 1,282 3,252,401 362,122,901 246,243,573
Wyoming 370 1,866,189 218,277,266 148,428,541
Puerto Rico 296 2,547,745 649,696,100 441,793,348
Totals 58,791 266,486,749 45,522,550,568 30,955,334,386

* Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2015 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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