The number of structurally deficient bridges is actually down by about 7,000 from 2017, but those bridges weren't fixed. The number fell because the Federal Highway Administration weakened the standards of what it means for a bridge to be deficient, the report explains.

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The collapse of a bridge earlier this week in Tennessee is raising new alarms about the delicate state of infrastructure across the U.S.

    • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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      3 months ago

      Well, my lazy searching tells me there are approximately 600k bridges in the US, which is probably about right.

      I also found this gem

      There are more than 617,000 bridges across the United States. Currently, 42% of all bridges are at least 50 years old, and 46,154, or 7.5% of the nation's bridges, are considered structurally deficient, meaning they are in “poor” condition.

      Anyway, who wants more 'lethal aid'?

      • Egon [they/them]
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        3 months ago

        None of them would, but the structurally sufficient ones probably have safety measures like Dolphins https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(structure)