Why doesn't PENNDOT, or whoever deals with this type of failure, realize
this is a MAJOR problem that should be dealt with NOW! This is not the first
time concrete has fallen off that bridge. What are they waiting for? Someone
to die, some lawsuit that the city can't afford? It's ludicrous, ridiculous,
and just plain stupid that PENNDOT has been putting off this reconstruction
project. Last I heard, the city postponed construction from the summer of
2003 to the spring of 2006 of this bridge.
As far as I know, the bridge has always been scheduled for replacement in FY 2006, which begins in July of 2005.
The fact that concrete is flaking off and that there are holes in the pedestrian walkways has nothing to do with the "structural integrity" of the bridge. That is sound. If the flaking continues to be an issue, they will put up netting under the bridge to catch the flakes. (One reporter claimed they were doing that this morning, but I haven't been down to see what was done.)
As I understand it, when the bridge is being replaced, it will be completely shut down -- for the duration of construction - 1-2 years.
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