Bridge collapses in Washington state

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Nobody appears to have been hurt, though three people have been hospitalized: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_I_5_BRIDGE_COLLAPS...

I hear the US needs jobs; maybe we could rebuild this infrastructure before any more of it collapses.

Hmm, where have I heard that idea before?

Oh, yes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvest...

This doesn't appear to have been a collapse due to unsound infrastructure, but rather a collapse due a truck with an oversize load taking out one or more supporting beams.

I live in WA and was delayed in traffic for a good deal of time several weeks ago when a truck hit a overpass near Gig Harbor.

Both incidents may be outliers, but I'm beginning to wonder if there is a problem with the current resources devoted to logistics planning for oversize highway equipment traveling at high rates of speed.

This doesn't appear to have been a collapse due to unsound infrastructure, but rather a collapse due a truck with an oversize load taking out one or more supporting beams.

That jibes with this report:

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Report-I-5-bridge-collapses-...

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