Poorly
Maintained Bridges Endanger Truckers
2014-08-28
One in 10 of America's bridges is an accident waiting to happen. According to the American Road
and Transportation Builders Association, more than 63,000 interstate highway bridges urgently
need critical structural repairs to protect the safety of the millions of drivers that travel
across them every day. For professional truck drivers, who spend more time crossing these unsafe
bridges than most drivers, the risk of being caught on a collapsing bridge is both frightening
and potentially fatal.