Across U.S., bridges crumble as repair funds fall short - latimes.com
Some of the most important bridge links in the country are now threatened by age. The longest bridge in New York, the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River, 25 miles north of Manhattan and a crucial link for the interstate highway system in the New York metropolitan area, is potentially subject to catastrophic failure, engineers say. Yet replacing it will cost at least $5.2 billion — and as much as $16 billion with transit options.
(A bunch of people I know drove over the Tappan Zee bridge twice in the last ten days. Fortunately, no catastrophic failure yet.)
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