{"id":2033725,"date":"2019-10-01T04:44:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T09:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csengineermaga.wpengine.com\/?p=2033725"},"modified":"2023-10-16T17:05:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T22:05:20","slug":"u-s-bridge-construction-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/u-s-bridge-construction-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Bridge Construction Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Dodge Data & Analytics<\/p>\n

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* In 2018, bridge construction starts had a very strong year with more than $20.5 billion in projects breaking ground.<\/p>\n

This level was second only to 2013 when the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement broke ground.<\/p>\n

* In 2019, starts were down 21% in the first four months of the year, suggesting that this year may not be quite as robust as last year.<\/p>\n

Still, five projects valued at over $100 million broke ground in the first four months of the year. (See next page for list)<\/p>\n

* What’s a construction start? A general contractor has been hired for the projects, and the Dodge reporter has been told that the project is about to break ground (excavation for foundations has begun — for buildings).<\/p>\n

The full hard construction cost of the project is entered in the month the project breaks ground.<\/p>\n

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These are the largest projects that broke ground during the first four months of 2019 (all projects with a hard construction cost of $50 million or more). <\/span><\/p>\n

The dollar value is the full hard construction cost of the project, which Dodge enters in the month the project breaks ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Dodge Data & Analytics * In 2018, bridge construction starts had a very strong year with more than $20.5 billion in projects breaking ground. This level was second only to 2013 when the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement broke ground. * In 2019, starts were down 21% in the first four months of the year, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4085,"featured_media":2033732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50783,3159,1],"tags":[11288,228,3145,322,301,13678,808],"acf":[],"views":14,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-10-at-4.40.34-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2033725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2033732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2033725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2033725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2033725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}