Open AccessA bridge to Fårö—A cost‐benefit analysis
Author(s) -
Andersson Roland
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of advanced transportation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2042-3195
pISSN - 0197-6729
DOI - 10.1002/atr.5670190304
Subject(s) - bridge (graph theory) , tourism , baltic sea , unemployment , cost analysis , operations research , engineering , forensic engineering , civil engineering , geography , economics , geology , archaeology , economic growth , medicine , oceanography
A cost‐benefit analysis of a bridge is presented. The bridge is planned to connect Gotland, a Swedish tourist resort in the middle of the Baltic Sea, with Fårö, a small island to the north of Gotland. Persistent unemployment problems on Fårö are a complicating factor considered in the calculations. The result is that construction of a bridge according to the designs which have been considered so far is not economically efficient. With another design, however, it might be worthwhile.