Deteriorating bridges across the state, including in the Harrisburg area, had their inspection notes removed from PennDOT's website, according to a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
in Pittsburgh collapsed in January injuring 10 people. PennLive reported at the time that Pennsylvania has the second-highest number of bridges in the nation that fall within the “poor” condition category as defined by federal standards.
After the newspaper reporters inquired about the notes, PennDOT removed them from public view – but only after the newspaper saved the info to its own database, which isPennDOT told the Post Gazette that the notes could be misinterpreted and claimed they could pose a security risk by potential saboteurs.
Elements of a given bridge are rated on a 1-9 point scale. A bridge with any elements rated at a 4 or less is considered to be “poor” under the federal rubric, although imminent risk of collapse is only indicated at ratings of 1 or 2. Outside of major highway structures that are directly maintained by PennDOT, Pennsylvania has largely delegated bridge maintenance to counties. Act 89 of 2013 gave counties the ability to collect an additional $5 vehicle registration fee to fund bridge infrastructure work.
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