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Search results for "bridge repairs" ...
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Troubled Bridges
"There are 107 structurally deficient bridges in the state of Arizona, with inspection reports showing the need for significant repairs."
Tags: bridge; inspection; safety; Arizona; structure; transportation
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A Bridge Too Old
This story shows that in spite of more than $300 million in repairs, the Tappan Zee bridge has worse safety ratings than it did ten years ago. The reporters used a computer analysis of government records for their story.
Tags: Federal Highway Administration; National Bridge Inventory; bridge safety; New York State Thruway Authority; public funds; transportation
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County's Aging Bridges at the Breaking Point
One third of Ventura county's bridges were built before 1965 and 28 of them have been designated as "structurally deficient." But the county is still waiting for the funds to fix or replace them. California's winter floods in 2005 washed away one bridge and left others even more weakened. Dodge examines the Federal Highway Administration's Inventory and discusses funding problems as well as the potentially fatal consequences of continuing neglect.
Tags: Federal Highway funds; state highway grants; bridge repairs; structural damage; floods; erosion; engineers; transportation; roads
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Dispute over bridge repairs forces public to pick up tab
An examination of the condition of Ohio bridges revealed that nearly 24% of all railroad bridges are of poor quality. And though the repairs that cost in millions, are the responsibility of the railroads, disputes mean that the tab is eventually picked by the taxpayer.
Tags: ODOT; CSX Railroad
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Dangerous passages
In this computer-assisted analysis, Armstrong and Robertson find that "one in seven bridges in Massachusetts is structurally deficient and in need of overhaul." They report on how bridges in Massachusetts need repair, "money to fix them is lacking, and public safety is threatened." The Globe analyzed inspection data for every bridge in Massachusetts.
Tags: bridges; CAR; data; inspections; repairs; deterioration; highways; roads; safety
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Crumbling Classrooms; Renegade Rigs; Inspecting the Inspectors; Where's the School Nurse;Hazard in the Sky; What's Breaking Down Bridges
This collection of stories focuses on issues from investigating the physical conditions of public school's classrooms in Massachusetts to examining dangerous bridges in need of repair.
Tags: TAPE TRANSCRIPTS; public schools; bridges; Massachusetts; semi-trucks; home inspectors
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Bridges on the brink
The Post-Bulletin examines an analysis which shows that Minnesota's deteriorating bridges aren't being repaired and replaced fast enough, forcing some counties to restrict or close bridges while they wait for money needed to repair. It would take $184 million to bring deficient bridges up to the highest standards. (November 12, 1994)
Tags: National Bridge Inventory; Federal Highway Administration Department of Transportation; Engineering
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Failing Bridges
The Post Standard conducts a computer-assisted investigation on the safety of bridges and New York's bridge inspection program. The series finds that railroad bridge inspections are not regulated by the state. May 26, 1994.
Tags: NY Salant CAJ Safety Federal Highway Administration records Repairs
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Albuquerque Tribune exposes corruption and the mishandling of duties from many different county offices, including the county treasurer, bridge repair department and the prosecutor; finds the prosecutor misrepresented to jurors the indictments of suspects and school executives who spent school money on political campaigns, golf outings and alcohol, April - November 1991.
Tags: None
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Utah Road Bridges are Falling Down
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) reports that one of every 13 bridges in Utah is unsafe or functionally obsolete; finds the cost of needed repairs would take decades to finance.
Tags: UT; bridges; transportation