pdlamb

Can't say I'm surprised, looking at the spec (and the design). If you want cheap, you don't cross the creek at a 45 degree angle; that adds about 60' to the length of the bridge. I presume you want the bridge to carry a full load of people, dogs, strollers, bikes, etc. on a warm June Saturday afternoon without buckling or swaying. That's a heavy load to support on two ends, and it'll take a lot of steel (or rebar even if most of it will be concrete) to carry that load. So heavy, expensive footers to bear a heavy, expensive bridge. Add $50-100k to ship that monster from Minnesota, either for the ship or permitting and ******* along the interstate. To paraphrase the late senator, a hundred thousand here, a hundred thousand there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.