re: Baltimore bridge collapse brings up an important infrastructure topic

most US bridges have a replacement value - tear it down and build new - of under 10 Million. We have sent 130 Billion to Ukraine, enough to replace 13,000 bridges in the US.

Scroll through the Alabama Letting page:

for constructing the Bridge Replacement and Approaches: $3,773,181
for constructing the Bridge Replacement on SR-14
$4,412,439
for constructing the Bridge Replacement on SR-7
$5,769,100
for constructing the Bridge Replacement on SR-14
$10,333,490
for constructing the Bridge Replacement and Approaches on CR-47 $4,832,040

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