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UDOT chief says spans are regularly checked, serviced

Published: Monday, June 23 2008 12:23 a.m. MDT

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Pay attention

Are we paying attention? UDOT is, but are the people asking the Legislature to make bridge funding a higher priority?

Chris

Be grateful only 6% are deficient. In Quebec, where the winters are more severe, about 50% of the bridges are deficient. Here, the concrete bridges are riddled with cracks, even including major chuncks that fall off. One bridge in 2006 had a major span that just fell off and killed about 4 people on the freeway underneath. So it definitely could be worse in Utah.

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