Pittsburgh bridge collapses before Biden visits to tout infrastructure

ns and revitalise US manufacturing.

Hours before Mr Biden's visit, authorities reported that a snow-covered bridge had collapsed near Pittsburgh's Frick Park. A strong smell of natural gas permeated the area, Pittsburgh Public Safety said in a Twitter message."It sounded like a snow plow," a witness told KDKA, calling the timing on the day of Biden's visit"an amazing coincidence".In Pittsburgh, the Democratic president will tour Mill 19, a former steel mill building now serving as a research and development hub, before hailing the US economy's strong recovery from the pandemic, the White House said.

Mr Biden, returning to the site of his first campaign event in 2019, will tout the creation of 367,000 manufacturing jobs since he took office one year ago, and passage ofBiden administration faces growing Republican opposition on China Bill

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