How much did the Baton Rouge Huey P. Long–O.K. Allen Bridge originally cost to build, excluding later rehabilitation?
The Huey P. Long–O.K. Allen Bridge carries US 190 and a railway across the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Louisiana’s Department of Transportation and Development reports that it opened in August 1940 and cost $8.4 million to construct. Decades later, rehabilitation of the bridge and its viaducts reached a separate final cost of $130 million. These amounts describe different scopes and years, not one combined construction bill.
Final project cost
$8.4 million
Cost basis: 1940
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How the cost changed
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Final project cost
1940$8.4 million
dotd.louisiana.govReported project cost
2022$130 million
dotd.louisiana.govProject record