Could The Genoa Disaster Happen In The US?

[wvwvw]

After the catastrophic bridge collapse in Genoa earlier this week, fears are mounting that the U.S. could experience a similar event.

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/genoa-bridge-collapse-e1534441382824_0.jpg?itok=uDo3xKgr

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) listed 54,259 bridges that were deemed "structurally deficient" in 2017 and it would take an estimated 37 years to repair all of them.

Additionally, as Statista' Niall McCarthy notes, the data also listed the 10 most-traveled structurally deficient bridges in America.

https://infographic.statista.com/normal/chartoftheday_15112_us_bridges_classed_as_structur ally_deficient_with_the_most_daily_crossings_n.jpg
You will find more infographics at Statista

All of them are in either California or Missouri with US Route 101 over Kester Avenue having the highest volume - 289,000 daily crossing.

In total, American drivers cross structurally deficient bridges 174 million times every day.

[gıulıoımpa]

already happened sorta with that university pedestrian bridge.

[Teutone]

I heard the american infrastructure is in a incredibly bad shape for an western nations

But hey thes just create a space force

[Teutone]

Oh I just saw Trump is actually doing something about it, good :)


https://www.businessinsider.de/asce-gives-us-infrastructure-a-d-2017-3?r=US&IR=T

Trump will share his $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan on Monday.
America's infrastructure is desperately in need of investment, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers'. The ASCE estimates the US needs to spend some $4.5 trillion by 2025 to fix the country's roads, bridges, dams, and other infrastructure.
But Trump's plan will primarily be funded by state and local governments, not with federal financing.