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    How much does it cost to maintain one finished mile of interstate freeway per year?

    Question #101832. Asked by cag1970. (Dec 21 08 3:35 PM)


    edmund80

    		The variation is too great to give one definitive answer. Just a brief search yielded figures from a few hundred dollars to several thousand. It depends a lot on the location, weather conditions and traffic volume. Also, "maintenance" can mean simply trash pick up, the cost of which can be gleaned from the Adopt a Highway programs they have in the eastern U.S (about $400/mile, at least in Ohio).
    "Each Adopt-A-Highway group saves ODOT approximately $800 in litter pickup costs per year. By volunteering to clean a two-mile stretch of highway, four times a year, individuals are caring for the environment, their community, and helping to minimize ODOT’s maintenance cost."
    http://www.odotonline.org/d06/aah/

    On the other hand, a busy freeway can cost $49,375 per mile to maintain.
    http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:ehby5Y-SjDEJ:swedeus.org/SWEDEpdf/2005/I-10_relocation.ppt+maintenance+of+interstate+freeways+per+year+%2B+per+mile&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=14&gl=us&client=firefox-a

    Dec 21 08, 4:04 PM

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