PITTSBURGH — The bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh Jan. 28 showed deterioration during a September inspection that was not bad enough to require its closure, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said Jan. 31.
January 31, 2022GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety
What Does a Poor Bridge Rating Mean?
A 50-year-old bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh had been rated as poor on a recent inspection report, but transportation officials and engineering experts cautioned that doesn’t necessarily signal imminent danger for the thousands of other U.S. bridges with the same designation.
January 31, 2022GovernmentBusiness
Biden Visits Collapsed Bridge, Touts Infrastructure Needs
PITTSBURGH — Arriving just hours after a serious bridge collapse, President Joe Biden stared into the cratered muddy earth where the aging span fell early Jan. 28, striking evidence supporting the $1 trillion infrastructure law he already had planned to tout on his trip here.
January 28, 2022GovernmentBusinessSafety
Bridge Collapses in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH — A 50-year-old bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Jan. 28, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet and form a human chain to reach occupants of a bus that had plummeted with the span into a park ravine.
January 28, 2022GovernmentBusinessSafety
DOT Dedicates $27 Billion to Bridge Repairs Nationwide
The Transportation Department is launching a $27 billion program to repair and upgrade roughly 15,000 highway bridges as part of the infrastructure law approved in November.
January 14, 2022GovernmentBusinessSafety
Brent Spence Bridge May Finally Get Fix in $1 Trillion Bill
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Nov. 8 launched his sales pitch for his recently passed $1 trillion infrastructure bill, predicting that a notoriously congested bridge that sits in Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s backyard finally will get a long overdue overhaul.
November 9, 2021GovernmentBusinessSafety
Biden Says ‘Sledgehammer’ Bridge Shows Need for Infrastructure Funding
President Joe Biden argued for his economic agenda in New Jersey on Oct. 25, pointing to a train bridge in the state that sometimes can’t be closed without the help of sledgehammers as a sign of decaying U.S. infrastructure.
October 25, 2021BusinessLogistics
I-40 Bridge Linking Arkansas, Tennessee Reopens
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Authorities on July 31 reopened the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that had been closed ever since a crack was discovered in the span in May.
August 1, 2021GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyTop 100
Pete Buttigieg Cites Importance of I-40 Bridge Repair
Phase 2 of the two-part effort to repair the Interstate 40 bridge is underway, according to transportation officials.
June 4, 2021GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety
States Mobilize to Repair I-40 Bridge, but Closure Likely to Remain for Months
The ongoing Interstate 40 bridge closure is a costly interruption for the trucking industry that will likely stretch on for months.
May 19, 2021