April 8, 2008
by twitterpaters
by twit
Thank you Popular Mechanics, for this lovely roundup of “The 10 Pieces of U.S. Infrastructure We Must Fix Now” and apparently, are doing not much, if anything, about…
Chicago’s Circle Interchange
“going nowhere”
Brooklyn Bridge
“Repairs aren’t due to start until 2010″
Industrial Canal Lock in New Orleans
“Construction is expected to take 12 years”
Atlanta Water System
“Municipal lines running beneath the streets lose massive volumes of water” … “A similar situation is found throughout the country.”
Seattle Viaduct
“still no decision” … hmm… sounds familiar…
Herbert Hoover Dike
“a 1-in-6 chance that [it] will fail” … “The Army Corps of Engineers has been working on improvements, but funding is limited”
Idaho’s Dover Bridge
“an outrageously low “sufficiency rating” of 2 out of 100 in the National Bridge Inventory.” but the Seattle Viaduct gets a 9… which means “basically intolerable,” apparently…
Wolf Creek Dam
“despite the ongoing construction work, the danger of collapse hasn’t been significantly reduced, and probably won’t be for years”
Sacramento River Levees
“Ongoing efforts to investigate and repair the levees have been met with opposition from local officials”
Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport
“among the worst in terms of near-misses on the runway”
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