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onehandle

(51,122 posts) Thu Jan 30, 2014, 10:06 AM Jan 2014

Piece of Philadelphia's 25th Street Bridge Falls to Street [View all]

Philadelphians were already jittery about the city’s aging infrastructure after a recent train derailment over the Schuylkill exposed the potential dangers of oil cars transiting the city. Now, it appears that a train bridge over 25th Street in Grays Ferry is also having problems—with pieces of the bridge crumbling onto the street below.

http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/01/29/piece-25th-street-bridge-falls-street

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Piece of Philadelphia's 25th Street Bridge Falls to Street [View all] onehandle Jan 2014 OP

SEPTA is a joke! Dread Pirate Roberts Jan 2014 #1

The old South St bridge was an adventure. Barack_America Jan 2014 #3

Pictures and video here seveneyes Jan 2014 #2

My apologies to the backward Philadelphia area transit agency! Dread Pirate Roberts Jan 2014 #4