Several state truss bridges are receiving modifications to ensure they conform to the newest safety standards.
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BY MICHAEL MCNUTT
Published: July 7, 2010
Modifications have been made to eight of nine state truss bridges — similar to the span that fell in 2007 in Minneapolis, Minn. — to ensure they conform to new safety standards put in place after the deadly collapse, the state highway department's chief engineer said Tuesday.
Until work starts on the ninth bridge, the State Highway 100 bridge over Dry Creek in Cherokee County, its weight limit will be decreased to less than 15 tons, or the weight of a fully loaded school bus, Gary Evans, chief engineer with the state Transportation Department said.
The weight limit is intended to prevent additional damage to the bridge.
All 95 truss bridges in the state are safe, Evans said.
"If we ever had a bridge that we thought was unsafe, we would close that,” he said. "This was a design review of the original design.” FULL ARTICLE
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Wed, July 7, 2010
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