Federal officials and lawmakers have worked out a deal to fund and rebuild the landmark, but deteriorating, Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., using design-build to cut 18 months from the schedule and $35 million from an earlier cost estimate.
In announcing the agreement on what is now pegged as a $237-million plan, the Interior Dept. also said it had awarded a $192-million contract to Kiewit Infrastructure Co. to construct the project. Interior’s National Park Service owns and maintains the 85-year-old bridge.