Major Bridge Collapse in Washington State

[PNW_Dem]

A bridge on Interstate 5 just south of the Canadian border collapsed around 7:00 pm PST. I-5 is a MAJOR commercial artery. The bridge was built in 1955. Another infrastructure failure.

[link:http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Cars-bodies-in-Skagit-River-after-I-5-Bridge-collapse--208760201.html?tab=video&c=y|

We wasted over $1 trillion on the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq and over $700 billion annually on the DOD, but we can’t upgrade our bridges and other infrastructure.

[DesertFlower]

1. appalling. nt

[Electric Monk]

2. again? Wow, imagine the odds of that happening twice in one night.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2893770
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=491712

edit: Sucks, of course, and I pretty much agree with the rest of your post, fwiw.

[calimary]

3. Sometimes rather infuriating!

And some people are deliberately gumming up the works - just for political gain...

[MFM008]

4. there goes traveling

especially over the Narrows bridge, its always made me nervous. Have to check KING 5, first thing ive heard of this.

[AtheistCrusader]

5. Third thread.

Also, less of a collapse, and more of a 'oversized load hit and wrecked it'.