OMG bridges!

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

Ahh the media..

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

Not to be a parade rainer... but it is a matter of fact that the majority of bridges in the USA are behind on their maintenance schedule. Doesn't mean they are going to collapse tomorrow, but it is a problem for the long term.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

Americas Infrastructure is one of the youngest in the world, They may be behind, but there are much older bridges in europe.

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

Americas Infrastructure is one of the youngest in the world, They may be behind, but there are much older bridges in europe.

Indeed, I believe that. Of course, most of the old bridged weren't made by the lowest bidding contractor either *laughs* If I'm not mistaken Europe also has ALOT less heavy trucking traffic than the USA, IIRC they utilize rail more than we do.

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

there is a bridge two towns over from me that was designed by the same firm as the one that collapsed....there is a small dip in the apex of the bridge that they are currently investigating

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

living in the "city of bridges" sucks..

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

Not to be a parade rainer... but it is a matter of fact that the majority of bridges in the USA are behind on their maintenance schedule. Doesn't mean they are going to collapse tomorrow, but it is a problem for the long term.

They may be behind on maintenance, but now everyone is acting as if just because one bridge collapsed, the rest of them will follow.Mostly I just made this thread to poke fun at the media.But, on a serious note I still don't see a problem half as big as people are trying to make it out to be.

Honestly, how often does a bridge collapse? And just for the record, not really talking about the little wooden bridges in some backroad.

So far today they've just been talking about the recovery, not really the safety of bridges........yet.