Collapsed Pittsburgh Bridge Was Rated in Poor Condition

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The Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed early Friday, injuring 10 people, was in poor condition and not targeted for improvements under the federal infrastructure bill, state records show. The Forbes Avenue bridge over Frick Park, a major artery for morning commuters heading downtown, fell hours before President Joe Biden was scheduled to speak in town to promote his administration’s $500 billion infrastructure package. Pennsylvania is…

Pennsylvania is set to receive more than $327 million in federal funding for bridge repair and replacement under the, with about $49 million going to"off-system," or local, bridges like the Forbes Avenue bridge.

But the bridge is not among the highway and bridge projects targeted for federal funding in the state's . City officials haven’t said why the bridge, built in 1970, wasn’t placed on the list for federal infrastructure funding.

 

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That makes sense. Everyone knows that politicians don't care about the poor.

Maybe Republicans want to rethink that infrastructure bill.

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