No state repaired more deficient bridges than Pennsylvania last year
Pennsylvania still has the sixth-highest percentage of spans in poor condition
Pittsburgh Post Gazette link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2024/09/23/pennsylvania-bridges-fern-hollow-infrastructure/stories/202409220133
Even so, motorists every day continue to drive across hundreds of deficient Pennsylvania bridges. Around 12.6% of the state’s bridges — 2,932 of 23,299 — have at least one structural element in poor condition, the sixth-highest percentage among the 50 states, the FHA data show.
A year ago, 13% of the state’s bridges were deficient, also ranking Pennsylvania sixth. In 2013, 23% of Pennsylvania spans were in poor condition — the highest percentage in the nation.
Alison Premo Black, chief economist for the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, singled out Pennsylvania as one of the states with “significant progress” in reducing the backlog of bridges in poor condition.... Most of the structurally deficient bridges are not in imminent danger of collapse, but their poor ratings indicate that they need to be fixed or replaced sooner rather than later.
I live in Pittsburgh and almost every day I drive over one of those bridges that's rated in "poor" condition. We have so many older out-of-repair bridges, ramps, and tunnels in Allegheny County, but really it's a problem throughout the state. They are being inspected and evaluated by state and county engineers, but then they have to wait in line for repairs.
Looking at this bar chart above, all I can say is, "Thank God we're not in Iowa!!"
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So much of this came about because of the bi-weekly introduction of tRump’s greatest ever infrastructure plan!
Oh, wait…………….. Through all four years of his mis-administration he kept promising, but, just as he does with everything, he never delivers.
And the crazy thing is, after PRESIDENT BIDEN DID get his infrastructure plan passed and money was sent out to help ‘make America great again,’ those lying, chicken-shit republicons ran in front of the cameras to claim what a great job they had done!
And now, in the lying ads that IQ45 and his crooked MAGATS are running, they’re ‘warning’ us of the ‘reckless’ spending that the Biden-Harris administration has done while defending the man that increased the national debt by billions!
GAWD, this nonsense MUST STOP!
Facts have to matter.
Truth counts.
These idiots MUST be put out and never allowed near a public office again!
So much of this came about because of the bi-weekly introduction of tRump’s greatest ever infrastructure plan!
Oh, wait…………….. Through all four years of his mis-administration he kept promising, but, just as he does with everything, he never delivers.
And the crazy thing is, after PRESIDENT BIDEN DID get his infrastructure plan passed and money was sent out to help ‘make America great again,’ those lying, chicken-shit republicons ran in front of the cameras to claim what a great job they had done!
And now, in the lying ads that IQ45 and his crooked MAGATS are running, they’re ‘warning’ us of the ‘reckless’ spending that the Biden-Harris administration has done while defending the man that increased the national debt by billions!
GAWD, this nonsense MUST STOP!
Facts have to matter.
Truth counts.
These idiots MUST be put out and never allowed near a public office again!