You could buy a new Mosquito Road Bridge for a mere $32 million, or maybe it will cost $53 million with approach roads and such. El Dorado County Division of Transportation has a number of alternatives for replacing the current bridge that in one incarnation or another has been in place for over 150 years. It is 9 feet wide and has a 140-foot span that crosses the South Fork of the American River. Emergency vehicles are restricted by its width and the steep, hairpin turns on each side of the canyon. DOT documents state that the bridge is structurally deficient and functionally obsolete.

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