WHOA NELLIE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mike Raburn]

I just put 2 and 2 together. ( I am slow, forgive me)

I saw a pic of the existing bridge 10 on Uncle Mike's page.

You mean to tell me that the replacement OF THAT BRIDGE is $633,000.00???

I was thinking the bridge being replaced was the one over the Lamoille by the Steeple Market.

GET THE HECK OUTTA HERE!!
1/2 a mil???

[special ED]

amazing isnt it,how far the holy dollar gets you now

[Shadylane08]

To replace a bridge now a days is crazy money!  Correct me if I'm wrong but a year or two ago when the bridge in Richmond was replaced I believed it cost in the neighborhood of 16million?  That bridge is comparable in size to the one in town by steeples.  Just to put a little comparison on it.

[BCota]

B.10 (over Mill brook) isn't really comparable to the Lamoille bridge; with no offense towards the bridge intended (wouldn't want to hurt the concrete's feelings ) it is a dinky little bridge when compared to the Lamoille and most of the bridges that we make.   The span is a mere 35 FT while the Lamoille is (just guessing) well over 100' - maybe closer to 200'.  Completely different design considerations - primarily the type and depth of beam that is needed for that length of span.

[Mike Raburn]

Ok ok ENGINEER.... draft, beam, etc, etc

I didn't realize THE bridge being replaced.

6.3 is a little over the top for the Mill Brook bridge, in my opinion.

What was the engineers estimate and what was the HIGH bid? Curious.

[BCota]

6.3??? the contract price (paid to Blow & Cote) is $773,000.  All of the bids (and bidders) is public record and can be viewed throught the VAOT website.