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Bridge Managers Optimistic about Improving Bridge Conditions

November 11, 2008

For the first time since 2005, highway engineers are optimistic about reducing the number of structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges. The information comes from an annual survey of highway professionals in 50 state Departments of Transportation and the District of Columbia conducted by Better Roads magazine and sponsored by Contech Bridge Solutions, Inc.

The study, which provides the most current data available on bridge conditions, shows that increased funding, initiated after the I-35 bridge collapse in Minnesota, is finally working its way into the system. More than 60 percent of respondents felt that they would be able to reduce the number of functionally obsolete and structurally deficient bridges in the next year, compared to just 40 percent in 2007. Read more...

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