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How much did Horace Wilkinson Bridge cost to build?

The Horace Wilkinson Bridge, also known as the New Mississippi River Bridge, carries Interstate 10 across the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as a cantilever steel truss with a 4,550 ft superstructure, a 1,235 ft clear span and a deck about 175 ft above the river, designed by Modjeski and Masters and built by American Bridge Company, with substructure work from 21 March 1963, superstructure work from January 1966 and opening to traffic on 10 April 1968. Acadiana Historical states that the project cost 15,574,174 dollars in total, while Wikipedia gives 46 million.