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Bridge Safety: Can Unsafe Bridges Slip Through the Cracks?

By Susan Barnett

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-628840.mp3

Stuyvesant, NY – A structural engineer who found a bridge with "fist-sized holes" in supporting girders says the tests the state uses to determine safe support loads don't apply when girders are rusted through.