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tunetyme:
Sadly, that is our world of politics.  It won't change until we start voting them out of office.  Remember, the first thing any poitician does when the are elected is to start their re-election campaign.  Sadly, it is tragedies like this one that finally motivate the people to start demanding that the poiticans (mostly lawyers) be accountable.

IlPadrino:
A great tragedy but still *very* early to make conclusions about what caused the catastrophic failure.  How many of us are engineers?

Bridges are designed to prevent catastrophic failure... which is why inspections are important.  It seems the inspection last year did not find any major problems - certainly nothing to take the bridge out of service for.

King:  What makes you think your bridge in question is structurally unsound?

I hope the death toll stays low - but it sounds like it could go as high as thirty.

KingSparta:

--- Quote ---King:  What makes you think your bridge in question is structurally unsound?
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There are big gaping holes where the expansion joints are, the re-bar is showing, and the cement is falling off the underside with more re-bar showing, and it is on the 20 worst bridge list for north Carolina.

I think about it falling everytime I go over it.

I did talk to someone today from the city about going out and looking at it.

KingSparta:
Today DOT is fixing (bandaid) the bridge.

Maybe I and others pushed the right buttons

AoXoMoXoA:
As is often the case a tragedy will cause them to start paying attention. Seems suddenly all our "political leaders" are aware of the deteriorated infrastructure.

Public awareness has also risen, I have seens several photos in the press of bridges showing obvious disrepair. Most of these have been in that condition for some time without anyone ever noticing until now.
Human nature in play here I imagine, although I suspect the case with the politicians is somewhat otherwise motivated.

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