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That isn't how damages work either. They can't reuse anything so it's the price of what it costs to rebuild the same bridge in the same place with current prices and the estimated cost of cleanup and whatever business damages are claimed which almost certainly exceed the cost of the bridge.
You're causing me to question their tech nerd wizard credentials
Which is what I said. The cost of the bridge is a rounding error. The cost of the damages resulting from its collapse both on land and in the waterway is the real damage.
Reading comprehension in the states is very low.
Multi billion dollar material costs are hardly valueless. Less than you'd think given everything else but still absurdly costly quick is why Baltimore never replaced it.