[Aerkuld]

Originally Posted by Mo_Gearhead

QUOTE: "But Stidger said states aren't getting the money they need to repair their roads and bridges. They're forced to resort to a process of "patch, patch, patch and nothing ever gets repaired," she said."

I live near Branson Missouri. Small town population wise (country music mecca now) that sees over two million visitors a year now.

They have a bridge that spans a section of the Taneycomo Lake (built probably in the 1920's-30's?) maybe 1/8 mile in length, narrow 2 lanes, on any given moment in the summer (tourist season) is mostly bumper to bumper with traffic. Surface is so pot-holed (as of yesterday) I hate driving across it in my 4-WD truck! Sitting on this bridge, you can feel it vibrate and "roll" as large trucks move over it. Patching is all I have seen accomplished in 30 years!

Another disaster in the making.

Fortunately the road surface most probably isn't a structural part of the bridge. Maybe you are lucky and the money is going into maintaining the structure and not the road surface.