Cannot input Chinese, but still want to share my two cents about the steel/concrete bridge experience in the USA.
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The original post's description more likely refers to flyover or highway interchange. State DOT usually makes the decision to use whether steel or concrete alternative based on the BDR done by consulting firms. Two major factors will determine the type of the bridge to be constructed. The first one is direct construction cost, i.e., how much the tax payers will pay contractors to get the bridge built. The second one is Maintenance of Traffic (MOT), i.e., trying to have less impact on the existing traffic while building the bridge. Obviously, there might be considerable difference in those two aspects case by case. Usually, steel bridge has higher one-time cost than concrete one, but might have less impact in MOT. Thus, a steel alternative is quite often chosen by many State DOT, who have good experience in steel bridges. However, there seems to be a trend that more concrete bridges are chosen to be built in the USA.
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