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U.S. / NEWS Sun Aug 5, 2007 @ 9:13am neoform

Washington Post -- The 14th Street Bridge has a long, craggy hole near the area that once was a drawbridge. A span over Columbia Pike in Arlington County has exposed reinforcement bars. The joints holding up Chain Bridge have aged severely. Bridge inspection reports main.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 3, 2007 @ 12:48am neoform

CNN -- Nearly a quarter of the nation's roughly 600,000 major bridges carry more traffic than they were designed to bear, according to reports based on federal government data. Experts said Thursday that the problem stems from a lack of money and leadership... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 3, 2007 @ 12:48am neoform

CNN -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters notified state transportation departments Thursday to immediately inspect all bridges of the same design as the one that collapsed Wednesday in Minnesota. Brian Turmail, spokesman for the Transportation Department.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 1, 2007 @ 11:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Accidents like this don't happen very often. So redesigning or rebuilding every bridge and overpass in the country to prevent repeats of Sunday's fiery disaster in the East Bay would be prohibitively expensive, engineering experts agreed Monday. On the.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sun Apr 29, 2007 @ 5:37pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- Why investors are clamoring to take over America's highways, bridges, and airports—and why the public should be nervous Steve Hogan was in a bind. The executive director of Colorado's Northwest Parkway Public Highway Authority had run up $416 millio.. Read More