A 'Ludicrously Ugly' Bridge Is Exhibit a That Britain Has Lost Its Mojo(www.wsj.com)
2 pointsby nextos2 hours ago1 comment
  • silverFork2 hours ago
    wow "a quarter of a billion dollars" for that.

    My guess is that with modular precast forms, it would be something $500k max!

    Somebody pocketed some big amount of cash, I would guess.

    • ben_wan hour ago
      Not impossible, but they did have to deal with gas leaks and a WW2 grenade, and this is a rail bridge on an actively used line.

      Still, there's an undeniable sense of "why is this more expensive to replace than it was to build in the first place?" with a lot of infrastructure in the modern world.

      • silverForkan hour ago
        Some firms prebuild bridges and slide them in. 20-30% more expensive apparently but a lot faster. Lets say $2M by quading it. Gas line is a nothinger, they would need to shut it down and reconnect it anyways. Grenade removal, they do it in war zones and it is not that expensive in my opinion.