Map of Pennsylvania, showing major cities and roads (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is among the nation’s leaders in bridges that both lack backup protection against collapse in case a single, vital component fails and are designated by highway officials as being in need of repair, an Associated Press review of national bridge records found.
Some are among the busiest in the state, including the 85-year-old Liberty Bridge, spanning the Monongahela River from downtown Pittsburgh to its south side, and an Interstate 95 span in Philadelphia’s lower northeast section along the Delaware River.
Others are on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Fewer than a third are state-owned, with many owned by county and municipal governments or railroads.
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