http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...ash-river?lite
'The 1,112-foot steel truss bridge, built in 1955, was described by the Washington State Department of Transportation, after an inspection in August 2010, as "somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is."'
everyone remembers the bridge collapse a few years ago in minnesota. there are thousands of bridges and overpasses in this country needing replacing, that are in sorry shape-and are carrying a lot more traffic than what they were intended to carry.
infrastructure should be a major focus, and should have been a huge part of the many 'stimulus' packages passed.