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The most dangerous bridge in every US state

Aug 26, 2024, 06:07 IST
APCrews work on a section of an overpass that collapsed from a large fire on Interstate 85 in Atlanta, Friday, March 31, 2017.On June 7, President Trump will rally in Ohio for his $1 trillion infrastructure plan, a key campaign promise that's now part of his domestic agenda.

One of the plan's goals is to fix America's bridges, which received a C+ grade in the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2017 Infrastructure Report Card. (Overall, US infrastructure scored a D+, and the ASCE estimates the country needs to spend $4.5 trillion by 2025 to improve its roads, bridges, dams, airports, schools, and more.)

Every state has at least one structurally deficient bridge, which the US Department of Transportation (DOT) defines as when one or more key bridge components (e.g. the deck, superstructure, or substructure) is in "poor" condition. There are 185 million daily crossings on nearly 56,000 structurally deficient US bridges, according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.

Using 2017 data from the US Federal Highway Administration, Auto Insurance Center found the most structurally deficient bridge - based on the highest number of components in poor or worse condition - in each state and Washington, DC.

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