Victim in bridge collapse was an RV'er!
"Dan Sligh was driving behind the 18-wheeler when he saw it strike one of the bridge's overhead support structures, and then saw the bridge give way. He slammed on the brakes, but the momentum of ...
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The semi barely clipped a 'top' rail on the bridge. But preliminary investigation showed the supports 'below' failed. He immediately stopped when the bridge collapsed behind him.
Watched a 2 hour VERY DISTURBING program how all our bridges have reached or exceeded how many years they were designed to last. Shocking percentage of them receive yearly DOT poor ratings and 'many' rated obsolete (unfixable). But remain open. We've had a bridge collapse almost every year now.
It's a crisis. We are still allowed to drive on bridges rated poor because there are no funds to fix them, and no founds to remove them and erect new ones. And it is impossible to just close them because of traffic needs.
Yup they nailed it last year when they said our infrastructure was in SERIOUS trouble.
Sadly it's like Russian roulette for us. They don't paint the DOT rating across the top of the bridges and they sure as hell are not going to paint the DOT rating "this bridge has been rated as obsolete" on the ones that are. Bridges that are unstructurally sound remain open across the USA.
Google your home town you WILL be shocked! :B
Watched a 2 hour VERY DISTURBING program how all our bridges have reached or exceeded how many years they were designed to last. Shocking percentage of them receive yearly DOT poor ratings and 'many' rated obsolete (unfixable). But remain open. We've had a bridge collapse almost every year now.
It's a crisis. We are still allowed to drive on bridges rated poor because there are no funds to fix them, and no founds to remove them and erect new ones. And it is impossible to just close them because of traffic needs.
DOT..
More than 25 percent of the Nation’s 600,000 bridges are rated as
structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. More than 30 percent of existing bridges have exceeded their 50-year theoretical design life and are in need of various levels of repairs, rehabilitation, or replacement.is issue is exacerbated by increasing travel demands, limited funding, and increasing costs of labor and materials.
Yup they nailed it last year when they said our infrastructure was in SERIOUS trouble.
Sadly it's like Russian roulette for us. They don't paint the DOT rating across the top of the bridges and they sure as hell are not going to paint the DOT rating "this bridge has been rated as obsolete" on the ones that are. Bridges that are unstructurally sound remain open across the USA.
Google your home town you WILL be shocked! :B
