PA - Bridge Collapses In Pittsburgh, Jan 2022

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The bridge collapse occurred just hours before President Joe Biden is scheduled to travel to Pittsburgh to discuss the infrastructure bill.

This will surely call attention to the need for infrastructure improvements.

Pittsburgh bridge collapses hours before Biden visit | wthr.com

 

[CrimeAway]

The Daily Mail article about the collapse has lots of photos of the bridge:
Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh hours before President Biden set to visit | Daily Mail Online

 

[IceIce9]

The Daily Mail article about the collapse has lots of photos of the bridge:
Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh hours before President Biden set to visit | Daily Mail Online

Amazing that there were no fatalities.

 

[Shamrock1]

“The collapse came hours before President Joe Biden was to visit the city to tout his $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes bridge maintenance.”
Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh hours before President Biden set to visit | Daily Mail Online

Have the conspiracy theories started yet?!
(Sounds like everyone is safe).

 

[IceIce9]

“The collapse came hours before President Joe Biden was to visit the city to tout his $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes bridge maintenance.”
Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh hours before President Biden set to visit | Daily Mail Online

Have the conspiracy theories started yet?!
(Sounds like everyone is safe).

Yes-the conspiracy theories began instantly on Twitter.

After seeing the photos it is unbelievable that there were no serious injuries.

 

[CrimeAway]

“The collapse came hours before President Joe Biden was to visit the city to tout his $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes bridge maintenance.”
Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh hours before President Biden set to visit | Daily Mail Online

Have the conspiracy theories started yet?!
(Sounds like everyone is safe).

The DM comment section is full of conspiracy theories .

 

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NTSB releases report on collapse (more links in my next post):

NTSB issues new Fern Hollow Bridge report, urging review of bridge inspection reports nationwide

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a new report concerning the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse.

www.cbsnews.com

PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) -- Investigators looking into the collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge want transportation officials nationwide to examine more than 10,000 other bridges with similar construction to ensure they don't have the same kind of corrosion that was found on the bridge that collapsed.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in a report Thursday that drainage problems on the weathered steel bridge that failed allowed the metal legs to deteriorate over time. It determined Pennsylvania neglected for years to perform the maintenance needed to clear the debris, dirt and leaves that were causing the problem, even though inspectors noted the issue.

Rust that caused the deterioration of the Pittsburgh bridge's steel legs and allowed holes to form in the structure was noted on every inspection done since 2005, including one completed just four months before the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed on Jan. 28, 2022. Work was done in 2009 to clear the debris clogging the bridge's drainage system, but that wasn't repeated in the years since even after inspectors said in every report between 2011 and 2021 that the drains had become clogged again.

 

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NTSB's case docket (item #1 is the 8-page PDF which most here will be interested in, much of the other items are super-geeky, lol)
NTSB Docket - Docket Management System
ETA: Item 1 link https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15535762&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=HIR2307-Rel.pdf