New York City's Infrastructure Inspected After Earthquake

Moments after Friday's earthquake, New York state and city structural engineers fanned out to inspect infrastructure and transit systems . There were temporary closures and delays while roads, airports, tunnels and bridges were checked out. MTA CEO Janno Lieber says it's safe to ride even through a small earthquake, explaining New York City's subway system remained fully functional during the 4.8 magnitude earthquake.

'The service on the transit system, all aspects of the transit system, maintained continuously operating safely throughout,' Lieber said. Lieber went on to tout the Transit Authority's emergency response skills, saying initial inspections show there's no damage to any of its infrastructures and its bridges are built to handle this. 'Seven bridges operated by MTA have been inspected, and I want to emphasis those were designed to withstand much stronger systemic impacts that we experienced today,' Lieber sai

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