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Every Bridge In Area About To Collapse
Hey, remember that bridge that collapsed in Minnesota? Yeah, it wasn’t that long ago, but now we’re on to Hurricane Dean (Cain), so it’s okay if you forgot. Anyway, a bridge collapsed in Minnesota and people died and it was all sad. The bridge was rated “structurally deficient” before it collapsed, but didn’t have any weight restrictions and remained open. And guess where else there are structurally deficient bridges? Yes: All over the freaking country. Actually, 57 bridges in the area are rated as bad or worse than the Minnesota bridge. The Minnesota bridge was rated a 50 (out of 100). One bridge, in Bridgeport (duh), is rated a 3. A three! Yet the engineer for the state says: “It’s bad, but it’s safe.” Not to quarrel with someone who knows much more about this than I do, but I think I’ll try to avoid that bridge. Fortunately, I don’t have a car. Statistically, the chances of you personally being on a bridge when it collapses is most likely infinitesimally low. Or, rather, it would be if every fifteen bridges on I-95 weren’t rated lower than the Minnesota bridge. (Plus: Seven more on the turnpike!) And if you’re headed to New Jersey, the Burlington-Bristol Bridge is actually going to collapse later today, and it doesn’t cost a nickel anymore, so I’d go over the Tacony-Palmyra instead. 57 bridges in area rate ‘deficient’ [Inquirer] |
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Stop trying to cause mass hysteria! That photo that looks like the Ben Franklin bridge is totally out of line!
Also, there were like a gazillion cars on that bridge in Minnesota. Who the hell goes to Bridgeport?
There were not a “gazillion cars” it only had one lane of four in each direction open. But tis article is way out of line.
It did have a gazillion cars. Can’t you count?
Sheesh, what a moron.