Bridging the Gap Between the Ages ; It's a Daunting Brief - Come Up with a Theoretical Plan to Build the Clifton Suspension Bridge From Scratch. Ian Onions Found Out the Facts and Figures From the Company That Took Up the Challenge.

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › January 15, 2010

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IT would cost a staggering Pounds 52 million to build an exact replica of the Clifton Suspension Bridge from scratch at today's prices.

A team of bridge-building experts were given the task of drawing up a tender for Brunel's iconic masterpiece using modern construction techniques.

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Bridging the Gap Between the Ages ; It's a Daunting Brief - Come Up with a Theoretical Plan to Build the Clifton Suspension Bridge From Scratch. Ian Onions Found Out the Facts and Figures From the Company That Took Up the Challenge.

Their estimate looks pricey compared with the total cost of Pounds 100,000 to build the actual bridge which, at today's prices, is the equivalent of Pounds 9.5 million. Mind you, Brunel's version took 33 years to complete. Work started in 1831 but wasn't finished until 1864, five years after the famous engineer's death.

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