NTSB RECOMMENDS 68 BRIDGES IN U.S. BE EVALUATED FOR RISK OF COLLAPSE. SEE THE FULL LIST.

San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and New York City's Brooklyn Bridge are two of the 68 bridges across the country the National Transportation Safety Board recommended be evaluated to determine their risk of collapse if involved in a watercraft collision.

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By: CBS News

March 21st 2025

The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Thursday 68 bridges across 19 states be evaluated with a "vulnerability assessment" to determine their risk of collapse if involved in a vessel collision in the wake of last year's deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. 

Over the last year, the NTSB identified 68 bridges built before 1991 that don't have a "current vulnerability assessment." The recommendations were issued to 30 owners of the 68 different bridges across the country, NTSB officials announced Thursday. 

Some of the bridges include the Golden Gate Bridge in California, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida. 

In response to the recommendation from the NTSB, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District said Thursday that the Golden Gate Bridge is "in full compliance with all state and federal regulations" and that the district hired a consultant this year to "conduct an assessment of the South Tower fender system's structural capacity for ship collisions."

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