this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2025
40 points (97.6% liked)

United States | News & Politics

3385 readers
1042 users here now

Welcome to !usa@midwest.social, where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.

No memes.

Post news related to the United States.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
top 3 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The report indicated that the operators of the bridge should have known it was at risk of collapse. 30x more risk than is acceptable. And it would make the top ten list of major bridges in the U.S. at risk of collapse.
So what are the other nine? And are they doing anything about that?

[–] HBK@anarchist.nexus 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I guess they added a link in the article after you read it? Here is the link: https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/24/major-bridges-high-risk-ship-collisions/

Here are the 10 Bridges:

According to preliminary results, the most vulnerable bridges are:

Huey P. Long Bridge, Louisiana: Collision expected once every 17 years
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge: Collision expected once every 22 years
Crescent City Connection, New Orleans: Collision expected once every 34 years
Beltway 8 Bridge, Texas: Collision expected once every 35 years
Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge, Louisiana: Collision expected once every 37 years
Bayonne Bridge, N.Y./N.J.: Collision expected once every 43 years
Fred Hartman Bridge, Texas: Collision expected once every 47 years
Martin Luther King Bridge, Texas: Collision expected once every 64 years
Sunshine Bridge, Louisiana: Collision expected once every 71 years
Rainbow Bridge, Texas: Collision expected once every 71 years
Veterans Memorial Bridge, Louisiana: Collision expected once every 74 years
Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Maryland: Collision expected once every 86 years
Talmadge Memorial Bridge, Georgia: Collision expected once every 88 years
Veterans Memorial Bridge, Texas: Collision expected once every 94 years
Delaware Memorial Bridge, Del./N.J.: Collision expected once every 129 years
Dames Point Bridge, Florida: Collision expected once every 152 years
Horace Wilkinson Bridge, Louisiana: Collision expected once every 198 years
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, New York: Collision expected once every 362 years
Golden Gate Bridge, California: Collision expected once every 481 years
John A. Blatnik Bridge, Minnesota/Wisconsin: Collision expected once every 634 years
[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Or my reading comprehension sucks.
Thanks for the info.