The number of structurally deficient bridges is actually down by about 7,000 from 2017, but those bridges weren’t fixed. The number fell because the Federal Highway Administration weakened the standards of what it means for a bridge to be deficient, the report explains.

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The collapse of a bridge earlier this week in Tennessee is raising new alarms about the delicate state of infrastructure across the U.S.

  • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    i was like “a bridge collapsed in TN?” This article is from 2019 so that makes sense why I didnt remember this.

    Also for that particular bridge

    The collapse of a concrete beam from a bridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee was likely caused when a vehicle carrying an oversized load hit the bottom of the bridge, a state transportation official said Tuesday.

    The vehicle went under the bridge and sliced through some of the steel reinforcement strands in the exterior beam, Paul Degges, the department’s chief engineer, told reporters. A concrete rail helped support the damaged beam but ultimately it collapsed, he said.

    Guess it’s good Biden got an infrastructure deal passed, I’m pretty sure Trump failed on that one. I know the Biden one is fixing a very old bridge near me. And the next one will actually have pedestrian crossings instead of a glorified curb to walk on. The new bridge will connect two communities instead of severing them. Fucking finally.