transportation officials have to either plan on replacing the bridge in an area north of where it is now or permanently closing it.
Removing the bridge could cost between $70 million and $80 million, on top of the $46.6 million that would have to be paid out to private landowners losing access to the crossing, and take 3 years.
To construct another bridge would cost about $160 million and would take six years to finish.
The bridge is a single-lane bridge so vehicles must yield to oncoming traffic.
The Fairfax Bridge is one of only two three-hinged lattice arch bridges remaining in Washington.
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