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Lawmakers question 'helpless' RIDOT as Alviti blames contractors for bridge failure

Rhode Island Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. blamed private contractors − in full − for the failure of the westbound Washington Bridge while defending the state's near total reliance on ...
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Vehicle goes into Little Suamico River after bridge failure

CHASE, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in northern Wisconsin provided an update on a truck that was believed to be submerged early ...
E&E

Federal probe faults ship’s wire failure, lack of bridge reinforcement for Key Bridge disaster

“This was preventable,” the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. A loose wire on a container ship and a failure by Maryland officials to conduct a crucial risk assessment ...
WGAL

'Catastrophic failure': Maryland bridge collapses with septic truck on board

OR HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE SUV AT THE TIME. THE WEIGHT OF A SEPTIC TRUCK CAUSED A SMALL WOODEN BRIDGE TO COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. IT HAPPENED IN THE TOWN OF PHOENIX LAST NIGHT. A TREE ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

NTSB finds loose wire, fuel pump issue led to crash into Baltimore’s Key Bridge

ANNAPOLIS — Two electrical blackouts, one caused by a loose wire and another by problems with a fuel pump, disabled the controls of a huge cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore‘s Francis Scott ...
AOL

10 U.S. Bridges That Engineers Say Are “Structurally Deficient”

A bridge failure might sound like something from a blockbuster, but real damage usually creeps in slowly. Across the nation, engineers watch thousands of bridges that remain open, yet are far from ...