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I checked the TxDOT bridge report out of curiosity. "Out of 55,000 Bridges in Texas, Only 787 (1.4%) are in Poor Condition—much lower than the national average

I checked the TxDOT bridge report out of curiosity. "Out of 55,000 Bridges in Texas, Only 787 (1.4%) are in Poor Condition—much lower than the national average. https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/library/reports/gov/bridge/fy20.pdf https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/library/reports/gov/bri...

version_five 5y ago
In Montreal, all of the bridges are in terrible condition, in part because they were built by the Mafia but also because of the weather and the road salt. This is probably st least in part responsible for the difference between Pennsylvania and Texas, though the states' finances and management of course also play a role.
tarr11 5y ago
List of bridge conditions by state https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/no10/condition21.cfm https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/no10/condition21.cfm
quasse 5y ago
I notice that several people are bringing up Texas bridges in this thread for some reason. One extremely major difference between bridges located in Pittsburgh and Texas is that Texas does not need to salt its roads. Municipalities that salt their bridges are literally demolishing them with chemicals.
- steveklabnik 5y ago
  As someone from Pittsburgh now living in Texas this thread is wild indeed. Infrastructure is not simple, and localities have different challenges. Sure, Texas may have bridges in better conditions, but when the snowstorm hit last year I didn’t go running around saying “Dang the city of Austin has only one snowplow?” (Okay, actually I did, but only as a “that makes perfect sense, no wonder this snowstorm hit so hard here even though it didn’t seem bad by my standards, we have no infrastructure or general cultural understanding of what to do, it makes sense that this is a terrible storm here even if it wouldn’t have been a big deal back home.”)
holmium 5y ago
Really, what does the conditions for bridges in the largest state in the continental US, in the South, with one of the highest rates of population grow in the US have to do with a small city in the Northeast that has, in the last 50 years, lost its huge industrial base and halved its population? Well, other than a very roundabout warning for Texas to continue to invest in their infrastructure even if the oil and refinery money starts to go.
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version_five 5y ago

In Montreal, all of the bridges are in terrible condition, in part because they were built by the Mafia but also because of the weather and the road salt. This is probably st least in part responsible for the difference between Pennsylvania and Texas, though the states' finances and management of course also play a role.

tarr11 5y ago

List of bridge conditions by state https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/no10/condition21.cfm https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/no10/condition21.cfm

quasse 5y ago

I notice that several people are bringing up Texas bridges in this thread for some reason. One extremely major difference between bridges located in Pittsburgh and Texas is that Texas does not need to salt its roads. Municipalities that salt their bridges are literally demolishing them with chemicals.

steveklabnik 5y ago
As someone from Pittsburgh now living in Texas this thread is wild indeed. Infrastructure is not simple, and localities have different challenges. Sure, Texas may have bridges in better conditions, but when the snowstorm hit last year I didn’t go running around saying “Dang the city of Austin has only one snowplow?” (Okay, actually I did, but only as a “that makes perfect sense, no wonder this snowstorm hit so hard here even though it didn’t seem bad by my standards, we have no infrastructure or general cultural understanding of what to do, it makes sense that this is a terrible storm here even if it wouldn’t have been a big deal back home.”)

holmium 5y ago

Really, what does the conditions for bridges in the largest state in the continental US, in the South, with one of the highest rates of population grow in the US have to do with a small city in the Northeast that has, in the last 50 years, lost its huge industrial base and halved its population? Well, other than a very roundabout warning for Texas to continue to invest in their infrastructure even if the oil and refinery money starts to go.

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