At nearly $1 billion apiece, the cost of replacing a pair of century-old rail bridges in Connecticut makes them among the most expensive transportation projects in the federal government’s pipeline. Both projects — Norwalk’s Walk Bridge Replacement and the construction of a new bridge to carry trains across the Connecticut River — were included in a massive, $16.4 billion funding package announced by President Joe Biden this week with the goal of improving rail service along the nation’s aging Northeast Rail Corridor. Another — and potentially related — factor that experts blame for the rising cost of infrastructure is the length of time it takes to complete projects. In some cases, the eye-popping costs of projects can also be attributed to the technical complexity it takes to pull them off. Prior to this week’s announcement, nearly $3 billion in federal funding from that law had already been announced for projects in Connecticut.
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