NPR did a story, Massachusetts Engineers Inspect Bridges. There are 5,000 bridges in MA. 24 are truss bridges like what collapsed in Minneapolis. They visit the Farwell St. bridge in Waltham, MA which I can walk to. It was built around 1850, last upgraded in 1938, inspected last summer. The bridge is near Russo's, which has the quality of becoming your favorite place to buy groceries after one visit.
So there are structural deficiencies in 500 bridges in MA and of course no one knows where the money will come from to fix them.
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