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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

TRIMET IS THE "MOST EXPENSIVE RAIL PROJECT IN THE USA"

The most expensive surface-running rail line now under construction is Portland’s Portland-Milwaukie light rail, which will cost $204 million per mile to construct as of the most recent estimates. That’s expensive, but it includes a significant bridge over the Willamette River and a series of elevated sections.

 How significant an opportunity for reducing U.S. construction costs? « The Transport Politic

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