Posted on 08/17/2018 4:07:19 AM PDT by SMGFan
Yes
In Arkansas on I-30 between Texarkana and the Hope Exit a few years ago. Orange Barrels starting a few miles East of Texarkana there was 5+ Guys just Standing with Shovels every time I went by over 5 years.
I-30 was also just one(1) lane, all the way to the Hope exit, NOTHING! For YEARS !!! Mile after Mile after Mile nothing but Orange Barrels All The WAY.....”@&&$)(“
The Obama administration threatened to cut off our highway funds if our local community didn’t redirect them to pay to allow Dayton RTA busses into our community. As a result we had to add more police, and pay a yearly fee to a failing bus service. Plus our community had to build the damn bus stops. There were several bridges here that needed work.
MSN - no list provided.......a lie.....a hook just to get you to scroll through all their ads or side-stories looking for a list that is not posted........click bait.......oughta be a way to flag all click-bait with a huge negative.....
Alabama, Jefferson County, I-65 over U.S. 11 Railroad City Streets, built in 1970.
Alaska, Ketchikan Gateway County, South Tongass Highway over Hoadley Creek, built in 1957.
Arizona, Maricopa County, I-17 over 19th Avenue, built in 1961.
Arkansas, Pulaski County, Locust Street and S. Ft Road over Union Pacific Railroad, built in 1936.
California, Los Angeles County, I-110 over Dominguez Channel, built in 1960.
Colorado, Denver County, I-70 over Havana Street Union Pacific Railroad, built in 1964.
Connecticut, Fairfield County, Yankee Doodle Bridge, built in 1957.
Delaware, New Castle County, I-95 over SR1/Korean War Vet Memorial, built in 1963.
Florida, Duval County, Fuller Warren Bridge, built in 1959.
Georgia Fulton County, I-285 over South Utoy Creek, built in 1966.
Hawaii, Honolulu County, l Nimitz Highway over Kapalama Canal, built in 1949.
Idaho, Bonneville County, 17th Street over Sand Creek, built in 1957.
Illinois, DuPage County, I-55 over Lemont Road, built in 1960.
Indiana, Marion County, I-65 over New York Street, built in 1974.
Iowa, Scott County, Centennial Bridge, built in 1940.
Kansas, Wyandotte County, 69 Highway (18th Street) over Kansas River, built in 1959.
Kentucky, Jefferson County, I-65 Off Ramp over I-64 River Road, built in 1965.
Louisiana, Caddo County, I-20 over St. Louis & SW Railroad, built in 1965.
Maine, Cumberland County, I-295 over Route 88, built in 1959.
Maryland, Prince George's County, I-95/495 over MD 214, built in 1963.
Massachusetts, Norfolk County, I-93/U.S. 1 over St 24, built in 1958.
Michigan, Wayne County, Second Blvd over I-94, built in 1954.
Minnesota, Ramsey County, Township Highway 36 over Lexington Avenue, built in 1938.
Mississippi, Warren County, Vicksburg Bridge, built in 1973.
Missouri, St. Louis County, I-270 E over Conway Road, built in 1964.
Montana, Cascade County, U.S. 89-Mt 3-Mt 2 over Missouri River, built in 1951.
Nebraska, Douglas County, U.S. 75 over J Street, built in 1970.
Nevada, Clark County, I-515 U.S. 95 U.S. 93 over Eastern Avenue, built in 1984.
New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, I-293 over N. Bridge Piscataquog River, built in 1957.
New Jersey, Union County, Garden State Parkway over Mill Road, built in 1953.
New Mexico, Bernalillo County, I-25 over NM-5 / Rio Bravo, built in 1963.
New York, Richmond County, Route I-278 over Relief, built in 1961.
North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro Bridge, built in 1955.
North Dakota, Cass County, U.S. 10 over Sheyenne River, built in 1938.
Ohio, Montgomery County, Ramp 35 to 75 over U.S. 35 E I-75, built in 1969.
Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, I-40 over Crooked Oak Creek, built in 1960.
Oregon, Multnomah County, Highway 1 to Highway 2 over Highway 1 I-5, built in 1963.
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Delaware Expressway over Palmer-Cumberland Strs., built in 1971.
Rhode Island, Providence County, I-95 over U.S. 6 Woon River Amtrak, built in 1964.
South Carolina, Greenville County, I-85 over Trib Laurel Creek, built 1960.
South Dakota, Minnehaha County, West 12th St. over Ellis & Eastern Railroad, built in 1965.
Tennessee, Davidson County, I-24 over Mill Creek, built in 1958.
Texas, Montgomery County, I-45 over Rayford/Sawdust Road, built in 1991.
Utah, Utah County, I-15 over Union Pacific Railroad, built in 1964.
Vermont, Washington County, U.S. 302 over Stevens Branch, built in 1928.
Virginia, Virginia Beach County, I-264 over Lynnhaven Parkway, built in 1967.
Washington, King County, I-5 over Galer-Lakeview, built in 1961.
West Virginia, Kanawha County, I-64 over Country Road 61/12, built in 1974.
Wisconsin, St. Croix County, I-94 U.S. 12 over S 35, built in 1972.
Wyoming, Teton County, U.S. 26 over Flat Creek, built in 1969.
Would like to know how this criteria is made, by state-of-repair, by daily usage/endangerment ...?
Would be interesting to see a different list of the 50 most dangerous in the entire US and how many are duplicated.
The newest is Texas, Montgomery County, I-45 over Rayford/Sawdust Road, built in 1991.[17 years old]
Again I speculate on what mkes the dangerous? What are the factors?
Not sure of the accuracy of the list; Florida’s I-95 Fuller Warren Bridge over the St. Johns River in Jacksonville may have been built in 1959, but it was completely rebuilt in the last 20 years or so.
It should be *How many times a day* do you see.......?
NY's Troopers are.
You DON'T want to mess with them.
Come to think of it, they’re likely to be upping their radar traps about now with the Fair coming up.
They’ll be so tied up with that that they won’t have the usual manpower to men the speed traps.
(Before the nannies arrive to correct me, I realize this is a geological formation, not a road defect.)
Click bait, there is no list.
In Pennsylvania, the state spent Obama’s last infrastructure “stimulus” on building sidewalks in farm country, “Green” trails and bike paths and putting up expensive traffic monitoring systems on highways and electronic billboards that say “Don’t Drink and Drive” or “Ten Minutes to X” as if most people don’t have Google Maps or some other guidance system to tell them the same thing. Government infrastructure money gets blown on BS. They could have used it on these bad bridges but that is not their nature.
Look at all states that voted red and blue states which can go red with a little encouragement and start there.
It is on both lists but it repeats my question, what is the criteria for calling any of these 'dangerous'. The MSN / Business Insider 2018 list just names them without specification.
The 2017 list I found came from AD (Architectural Digest) with the following quote
"In 2016 the World Bank provided an interesting annual Global Ranking related to infrastructure quality," says Justin Loera, Senior Insurance Market Analyst at Auto Insurance Center, a news site that offers analysis on all things relating to automotives. "The United States ranked eighth in the world in national infrastructure quality, behind Germany and the U.K., but above France and Canada." Loera and his team recently unveiled a study spotlighting the most dangerous bridge from each state in America. They pinpointed bridges that were structurally deficient, or in Loera's terms, "when one or more of the key bridge components—such as the deck, superstructure, or substructure—was considered to be in poor condition or worse." Of course, structurally deficient bridges pose a real risk of collapsing—as it happened in Minneapolis in 2007, killing a total of seven people.
I wonder where Italy ranks and what the opinion was for that recent highway bridge collapse?
Isn't it funny that President Trump hasn't put up a single ridiculously banal and self-aggrandizing sign such as this, yet he truly has gotten people back to work. All it took was a whip smart successful businessman who understands taxes, regulations and trade and had the courage to act on those fronts.
Scanning the list, a couple of interesting things pop out.
* The worst bridges in several states were built in the 20s, 30s and 40s — those states are doing a great job maintaining their bridges.
* Even more amazing, most of the states with the oldest unsafe bridges are far north, have harsh winters, and use a lot of snow removal chemicals that corrode bridges.
* Bernie Sanders socialist paradise of Vermont has the oldest bridge on the list, built in 1928! I conclude the people of Vermont did a smart thing getting Sanders out of the state
When they say “below,” look above.
https://www.artbabridgereport.org/
https://www.autoinsurancecenter.com/the-dangerous-state-of-american-bridges.htm
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