The number of structurally deficient bridges is actually down by about 7,000 from 2017, but those bridges weren’t fixed. The number fell because the Federal Highway Administration weakened the standards of what it means for a bridge to be deficient, the report explains.
The collapse of a bridge earlier this week in Tennessee is raising new alarms about the delicate state of infrastructure across the U.S.
Well, my lazy searching tells me there are approximately 600k bridges in the US, which is probably about right.
I also found this gem
Anyway, who wants more ‘lethal aid’?