PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Gov. Dan McKee announced Friday that taxpayers will spend $427 million to rebuild the westbound Washington Bridge by November 2028 -- but that figure doesn't reflect the full cost of the project.

A Target 12 analysis of monthly status reports, along with new documents released Friday, shows the total cost of the infrastructure crisis has grown to $571 million, a roughly 21% increase compared to estimates from nearly one year ago.

That figure is roughly double state leaders' earliest estimates of how much it would cost to demolish and replace the bridge, which they initially pegged at between $250 million and $300 million. They had also suggested the new bridge would be open by the fall of 2026, more than two years earlier than is now expected.

State leaders say

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