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Bridge Replacement Unit Costs 2018

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

ESTIMATED 2018 REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION COSTS OF POOR (STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT (SD))
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM (NHS) BRIDGES
StateTotal Number of POOR (SD) NHS Bridges 2018*Total Area of POOR (SD) NHS Bridges 2018 (ft2)*Replacement Unit Costs of NHS Bridges (dollars/ft2)Estimated 2018 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Replacement of Total Number of POOR (SD) NHS BridgesEstimated 2018 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Rehabilitation of Total Number of POOR (SD) NHS Bridges (Rehabilitation cost = 68% of Replacement cost)
2016 Costs Collected in 20172017 Costs Collected in 2018 2018 Costs Collected in 2019 Cost Used For 2018 Estimates**
Alabama 42 1,077,983 123 160 97 127 136,544,576 92,850,311
Alaska 22 264,410 277 340 242 286 75,709,278 51,482,309
Arizona 30 391,430 107 130 133 123 48,276,427 32,827,971
Arkansas 57 1,427,132 124 205 138 156 222,156,835 151,066,648
California 504 14,081,962 189 207 293 230 3,234,157,270 2,199,226,944
Colorado 101 1,143,051 120 129 123 124 141,738,339 96,382,070
Connecticut 86 3,664,363 442 288 325 352 1,288,634,249 876,271,289
Delaware 8 500,521 195     195 97,601,562 66,369,062
District Of Columbia 6 239,202     438 438 104,770,344 71,243,834
Florida 21 1,524,655 100 135 112 116 176,351,742 119,919,185
Georgia 27 757,730 109 151 245 168 127,551,299 86,734,883
Hawaii 30 214,346 674 1,589 1,341 1,201 257,501,521 175,101,034
Idaho 19 191,493 150 159 221 177 33,830,480 23,004,726
Illinois 396 8,629,353 184 179 169 177 1,530,271,885 1,040,584,882
Indiana 69 819,597 430 368 192 330 270,466,977 183,917,545
Iowa 26 792,979 130 117 124 124 98,065,074 66,684,250
Kansas 13 470,841 98 118 360 192 90,401,501 61,473,020
Kentucky 40 1,226,172 135 196 124 152 185,969,472 126,459,241
Louisiana 134 8,717,093 138 245 96 160 1,391,829,166 946,443,833
Maine 32 325,713 197   191 194 63,188,330 42,968,065
Maryland 40 949,861 292   316 304 288,757,809 196,355,310
Massachusetts 208 3,830,733 440 472 347 420 1,607,630,952 1,093,189,048
Michigan 177 3,668,802 259 206 188 218 798,575,803 543,031,546
Minnesota 40 600,845 159 199 221 193 115,963,163 78,854,951
Mississippi 24 995,800 85 104 74 88 87,298,498 59,362,978
Missouri 158 3,929,121 114 88 105 102 402,080,008 273,414,405
Montana 51 829,597 115 148 150 138 114,207,836 77,661,329
Nebraska 47 313,552 152 151 156 153 47,973,388 32,621,904
Nevada 6 63,827       223 14,233,390 9,678,705
New Hampshire 35 500,932 234 363   299 149,528,143 101,679,137
New Jersey 188 3,657,050 614 328 341 428 1,563,998,223 1,063,518,792
New Mexico 35 390,544 188 161   175 68,149,923 46,341,947
New York 346 10,148,693 287 289 262 279 2,834,868,260 1,927,710,417
North Carolina 174 3,274,702 102 110 112 108 353,667,829 240,494,124
North Dakota 11 201,944   129 136 133 26,757,558 18,195,139
Ohio 82 1,202,439 164 169 165 166 199,604,858 135,731,304
Oklahoma 70 1,151,422 102 100 117 106 122,434,581 83,255,515
Oregon 27 567,947 232 195 203 210 119,268,839 81,102,810
Pennsylvania 378 4,841,459 292 299 269 287 1,387,885,019 943,761,813
Rhode Island 88 1,626,052 525 277 464 422 686,194,095 466,611,985
South Carolina 98 1,795,329 122 144 136 134 240,574,153 163,590,424
South Dakota 15 89,500 152 145 162 153 13,693,446 9,311,543
Tennessee 107 2,043,349 95 142 170 136 277,214,342 188,505,752
Texas 71 3,049,623 62 80 60 67 205,341,275 139,632,067
Utah 5 58,510       223 13,047,678 8,872,421
Vermont 6 76,199 437 322   380 28,917,603 19,663,970
Virginia 110 2,456,271 220 360 191 257 631,261,692 429,257,950
Washington 127 4,593,574 166 271   219 1,003,695,996 682,513,277
West Virginia 183 2,922,217 152 196 169 172 503,595,446 342,444,903
Wisconsin 79 680,503 124 107 138 123 83,701,907 56,917,297
Wyoming 64 661,500 138 151 168 152 100,768,517 68,522,592
Puerto Rico 70 1,467,817 179     179 262,739,211 178,662,664
Totals 4,783 109,099,742     223   23,928,645,765 16,271,479,120
  • *Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2018 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 $223/ft2
      • National Average = Average of all the costs in column '2018 Costs Collected in 2019'.
    • 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 2018 REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION COSTS OF POOR (STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT (SD))
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM (non-NHS) BRIDGES
StateTotal Number of POOR (SD) non-NHS Bridges 2018*Total Area of POOR (SD) non-NHS Bridges 2018 (ft2)* Replacement Unit Costs of non-NHS Bridges (dollars/ft2) Estimated 2018 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Replacement of Total Number of POOR (SD) non-NHS BridgesEstimated 2018 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Rehabilitation of Total Number of POOR (SD) non-NHS Bridges (Rehabilitation cost = 68% of Replacement cost)
2016 Costs Collected in 2017 2017 Costs Collected in 2018 2018 Costs Collected in 2019 Cost Used For 2018 Estimates**
Alabama 647 1,580,415 98 114 123 112 176,479,704 120,006,199
Alaska 133 372,368 283 449 541 424 158,008,286 107,445,634
Arizona 120 636,071 138 135 156 143 90,958,187 61,851,567
Arkansas 531 1,950,725 123 143 148 138 269,200,103 183,056,070
California 1,308 7,468,248 210 364 420 331 2,474,479,617 1,682,646,140
Colorado 372 1,088,804 183 173 142 166 180,741,393 122,904,147
Connecticut 222 724,080 439 411 560 470 340,317,482 231,415,888
Delaware 26 128,987   297   297 38,309,220 26,050,270
District Of Columbia 2 3,909     615 615 2,404,068 1,634,766
Florida 307 1,493,508 159 163 124 149 222,034,794 150,983,660
Georgia 467 1,782,071 136 134 175 148 264,340,507 179,751,545
Hawaii 48 93,417     914 914 85,383,521 58,060,794
Idaho 296 722,083 178 189 227 198 142,972,375 97,221,215
Illinois 1,877 7,494,898 197 192 174 188 1,406,542,598 956,448,967
Indiana 1,134 2,685,974 485 171 162 273 732,375,568 498,015,386
Iowa 4,649 8,775,823 103 108 99 103 906,835,032 616,647,822
Kansas 1,275 2,158,488 85 84 90 86 186,349,447 126,717,624
Kentucky 976 2,117,965 176 151 143 157 331,814,517 225,633,872
Louisiana 1,544 6,182,445 164 125 124 138 851,116,602 578,759,290
Maine 293 802,126 234 260 253 249 199,729,498 135,816,059
Maryland 234 931,450 401 346 328 358 333,769,559 226,963,300
Massachusetts 273 1,380,811 460 367 472 433 597,891,107 406,565,953
Michigan 1,019 2,784,777 222 232 226 227 631,216,228 429,227,035
Minnesota 628 2,093,677 91 127 222 147 307,072,675 208,809,419
Mississippi 1,579 3,486,549 74 75 75 75 260,328,955 177,023,690
Missouri 1,958 5,864,000 109 110 104 108 631,357,365 429,323,008
Montana 339 907,005 119 158 185 154 139,678,769 94,981,563
Nebraska 1,311 2,098,924 149 181 167 166 347,721,676 236,450,740
Nevada 21 85,091     342 342 29,101,171 19,788,796
New Hampshire 189 503,543 306 316 266 296 149,048,613 101,353,057
New Jersey 356 1,670,542 473     473 790,166,220 537,313,030
New Mexico 197 690,715 258 183 206 216 148,964,203 101,295,658
New York 1,411 4,149,699 288 314 343 315 1,307,155,274 888,865,586
North Carolina 1,697 6,522,357 128 123 126 126 819,642,863 557,357,147
North Dakota 458 528,490 178 206 165 183 96,713,692 65,765,310
Ohio 1,436 3,986,572 191 180 188 186 742,831,298 505,125,283
Oklahoma 2,470 4,687,900 111 94 106 104 485,978,970 330,465,700
Oregon 395 1,451,954 150 174 253 192 279,259,198 189,896,255
Pennsylvania 3,392 7,761,590 300 335 349 328 2,545,801,467 1,731,144,997
Rhode Island 92 416,556   269 413 341 142,045,718 96,591,089
South Carolina 697 3,095,100 153 108 121 127 394,109,378 267,994,377
South Dakota 958 1,459,499 163 134 196 164 239,844,326 163,094,142
Tennessee 764 2,340,759 148 124 158 143 335,508,733 228,145,938
Texas 624 2,354,902 89 109 91 96 226,855,524 154,261,756
Utah 61 94,573 186   168 177 16,739,333 11,382,747
Vermont 60 226,310 360 294 228 294 66,535,070 45,243,848
Virginia 536 2,051,856 211 281 332 275 563,576,467 383,231,998
Washington 255 1,214,380 208 241 192 214 259,472,424 176,441,248
West Virginia 1,261 2,813,152 165 184 219 189 532,623,470 362,183,960
Wisconsin 975 2,490,815 109 117 132 119 297,237,308 202,121,370
Wyoming 193 644,125 123 110 163 132 85,024,539 57,816,686
Puerto Rico 203 639,657 231 208   220 140,404,675 95,475,179
Totals 42,269 119,689,735     240   23,004,068,791 15,642,766,778
  • *Year of the National Bridge Inventory data set used is the December 2018 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 $240/ft2
      • National Average = Average of all the costs in column '2018 Costs Collected in 2019'.
    • 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 2018 REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION COSTS OF POOR (STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT (SD))
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM (NHS) and NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM (non-NHS) BRIDGES
StateTotal Number of POOR (SD) NHS and non-NHS Bridges 2018* Total Area of POOR (SD) NHS and non-NHS Bridges 2018 (ft2) *Estimated 2018 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Replacement of Total Number of POOR (SD) NHS and non-NHS BridgesEstimated 2018 Total Costs (dollars) Assuming Rehabilitation of Total Number of POOR (SD) NHS and non-NHS Bridges (Rehabilitation cost = 68% of Replacement cost)
Alabama 689 2,658,399 313,024,279 212,856,510
Alaska 155 636,778 233,717,564 158,927,944
Arizona 150 1,027,502 139,234,615 94,679,538
Arkansas 588 3,377,857 491,356,938 334,122,718
California 1,812 21,550,210 5,708,636,887 3,881,873,083
Colorado 473 2,231,855 322,479,732 219,286,218
Connecticut 308 4,388,443 1,628,951,731 1,107,687,177
Delaware 34 629,508 135,910,782 92,419,332
District Of Columbia 8 243,111 107,174,412 72,878,600
Florida 328 3,018,162 398,386,536 270,902,845
Georgia 494 2,539,801 391,891,806 266,486,428
Hawaii 78 307,764 342,885,042 233,161,829
Idaho 315 913,576 176,802,855 120,225,942
Illinois 2,273 16,124,251 2,936,814,482 1,997,033,848
Indiana 1,203 3,505,571 1,002,842,545 681,932,931
Iowa 4,675 9,568,802 1,004,900,106 683,332,072
Kansas 1,288 2,629,329 276,750,948 188,190,644
Kentucky 1,016 3,344,137 517,783,989 352,093,113
Louisiana 1,678 14,899,538 2,242,945,768 1,525,203,122
Maine 325 1,127,840 262,917,828 178,784,123
Maryland 274 1,881,311 622,527,368 423,318,610
Massachusetts 481 5,211,544 2,205,522,060 1,499,755,001
Michigan 1,196 6,453,579 1,429,792,031 972,258,581
Minnesota 668 2,694,523 423,035,838 287,664,370
Mississippi 1,603 4,482,349 347,627,453 236,386,668
Missouri 2,116 9,793,121 1,033,437,373 702,737,413
Montana 390 1,736,602 253,886,605 172,642,892
Nebraska 1,358 2,412,475 395,695,063 269,072,643
Nevada 27 148,918 43,334,560 29,467,501
New Hampshire 224 1,004,474 298,576,756 203,032,194
New Jersey 544 5,327,591 2,354,164,443 1,600,831,821
New Mexico 232 1,081,259 217,114,126 147,637,606
New York 1,757 14,298,392 4,142,023,534 2,816,576,003
North Carolina 1,871 9,797,059 1,173,310,691 797,851,270
North Dakota 469 730,434 123,471,250 83,960,450
Ohio 1,518 5,189,011 942,436,156 640,856,586
Oklahoma 2,540 5,839,322 608,413,551 413,721,215
Oregon 422 2,019,901 398,528,037 270,999,065
Pennsylvania 3,770 12,603,049 3,933,686,486 2,674,906,810
Rhode Island 180 2,042,609 828,239,813 563,203,073
South Carolina 795 4,890,429 634,683,531 431,584,801
South Dakota 973 1,548,999 253,537,772 172,405,685
Tennessee 871 4,384,108 612,723,074 416,651,691
Texas 695 5,404,525 432,196,799 293,893,823
Utah 66 153,082 29,787,011 20,255,168
Vermont 66 302,509 95,452,673 64,907,818
Virginia 646 4,508,127 1,194,838,159 812,489,948
Washington 382 5,807,954 1,263,168,419 858,954,525
West Virginia 1,444 5,735,369 1,036,218,916 704,628,863
Wisconsin 1,054 3,171,319 380,939,215 259,038,667
Wyoming 257 1,305,625 185,793,056 126,339,278
Puerto Rico 273 2,107,474 403,143,886 274,137,843
Totals 47,052 228,789,477 46,932,714,556 31,914,245,898

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