The Las Vegas monorail cost $142 million per mile.
The Orange County, CA light rail (85% elevated) cost $101 million per mile.
I would guess that there is a lot of variability in the cost of a freeway, depending on the number of bridges
The key word is elevated. I regular railroad (not elevated is much cheaper)
“The Las Vegas monorail cost $142 million per mile.
The Orange County, CA light rail (85% elevated) cost $101 million per mile.
I would guess that there is a lot of variability in the cost of a freeway, depending on the number of bridges”
Holy crap. We got jipped. We just spent $135 million per mile to expand i-10 and our buses are packed. If I’m on the rail I don’t have to pay $35 per week for parking plus my insurance goes down. $142 million per mile sounds high, but, dang, I didn’t know it was so close to how much we pay for the dang road. Oh yeah, and most of the expansion is a *toll* road now, so you have to pay to use it anyway.
What a rip off. I feel cheated.