[rmason]

Saw that story this morning and it really took me back. Further up that freeway there is another bridge that my sister and I crossed each day to go to school. For Detroiters on here it's Edison Elementary and unlike a lot of Detroit schools it's still open;<). The difference is when we walked it the bridge was fairly new. Sure hope that there's a state agency watching at least old bridges that school kids use.

[wcunning]

From the article, MDOT is supposed to be doing yearly inspections on all of these bridges, but they clearly skimped on that the last couple of years or they would have closed this one sooner. They are kinda responsive to heavily trafficked ones -- I used to have to take I-96 to M-39 (Southfield Fwy) and the ramp between them had a large hole you could see the next layer down through for a couple weeks before they repaved, and it was only like 6 more months from when that happened that they redid the whole ramp, making my commute unbearable for a month.

[rmason]

Well then someone isn't doing their job! I wonder if the past two years if they got to work from home?

Remember a few years ago when the freeways flooded and they found out copper thieves had stolen the copper out of their pumping stations! They should have known to check because one of them who was a bit learning deficient electrocuted themselves and it made the news.