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HillWilliam

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3. Not surprised to see my county in red

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Fri May 24, 2013, 12:31 PM

May 2013

There are two one-lane bridges on the road to my house from the early 20s. There were three but one got replaced about 6 years ago. At the north end of the road there's a dam from probably the 1910s that has major cracks in it and could go at any time. That'll be something when it goes, sigh.

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Where America's Unsafe Bridges Are [View all] liberal N proud May 2013 OP

NW Pa here and they have been madly working on bridges in my area. I see the undersides of these Mnemosyne May 2013 #1

Oklahoma has a ton of unsafe bridges AndyA May 2013 #2

Not surprised to see my county in red HillWilliam May 2013 #3

Having lived in Louisiana, I would say there are unsafe bridges there. It is a beautiful State, yet Tikki May 2013 #4

Especially around New Orleans Aerows May 2013 #5

'Ka-WHUMP'..'Ka-WHUMP'..'Ka-WHUMP'..'Ka-WHUMP'.. X_Digger May 2013 #6

WTF is up with NY? magellan May 2013 #7

Think salt liberal N proud May 2013 #8

They may also have a lot more bridges to maintain. GoCubsGo May 2013 #10

Heavy use plays into the deterioration. alfredo May 2013 #14

And round trips across a bridge... krispos42 May 2013 #17

The entire state of New York is red. Beacool May 2013 #9

There shouldn't be one structurally unsound bridge in this country BainsBane May 2013 #11

We have been building bombs not bridges liberal N proud May 2013 #13

Chart is from 1993. moondust May 2013 #12

Have there been any more recent studies re defective bridges since this one bike man May 2013 #15

This is the only study I have seen in recent articles. liberal N proud May 2013 #16