On a typical rural bridge replacement, school bus routes are disrupted, traffic creeps through a single lane managed by temporary lights, and the work drags on for more than a year. In the summer of 2008, the Maryland State Highway Administration tried a different approach on two deteriorating bridges. It had the new spans built in a factory, shut down both highways entirely, and gave the contractor a bonus for finishing ahead of schedule.
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