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Bridge accident in Pittsburgh – shortly before Biden's visit

2022-01-29T12:47:01.891Z


Bridge accident in Pittsburgh – shortly before Biden's visit Created: 01/29/2022, 13:40 By: Simon Mones A bridge accident occurred in Pittsburgh on Friday (January 28). Just a few hours later, President Joe Biden visited the site. Pittsburgh (USA) – In the USA, President Joe Biden (79) is currently promoting a new infrastructure law that, among other things, provides money for the maintenance


Bridge accident in Pittsburgh – shortly before Biden's visit

Created: 01/29/2022, 13:40

By: Simon Mones

A bridge accident occurred in Pittsburgh on Friday (January 28).

Just a few hours later, President Joe Biden visited the site.

Pittsburgh (USA) – In the USA, President Joe Biden (79) is currently promoting a new infrastructure law that, among other things, provides money for the maintenance of bridges.

Because in the USA there are tens of thousands of bridges that are in need of repair, as the politician explained.

A total of 1.2 trillion US dollars (about 1 trillion euros) are to be invested in the maintenance of the bridges, of which around 1.6 billion US dollars (about 1.4 billion euros) are to be invested in Pennsylvania.

There the US President promoted his infrastructure law on Friday (January 28) in Pittsburgh.

But just a few hours before Biden was due to give his speech, a dramatic incident occurred there.

(Bridge too low: car transporter drives through anyway - then the ominous happens)

Bridge accident in Pittsburgh – shortly before Biden's visit

In the early hours of the morning, the bridge over Fern Hollow Creek collapsed, the city of Philadelphia said.

At the time of the accident there were a city bus and five cars on the bridge, as reported by 24auto.de.

They were torn down 46 meters.

The bus was dangling over a demolished section of the bridge.

(Nightmare on bascule bridge: family in van just falls down)

Shortly before President Joe Biden's visit, the bridge over Fern Hollow Creek in Pittsburgh was supported.

© Gene J. Puskar/dpa

Several people were rescued from the bus with the help of a human chain.

In addition, emergency services abseiled down to rescue other victims of the accident.

People were also being searched for under the bridge.

Fortunately, only ten people were slightly injured.

Three people had to be treated in hospital.

(Pick-up hangs 30 meters above the gorge - only one detail protects the couple from a fatal fall)

Bridge accident in Pittsburgh - Inspection revealed bad condition

The debris from the bridge also led to a leak in a gas line. The gas supply was accordingly interrupted by the authorities. In the afternoon, President Biden also visited the scene of the accident. He tweeted: "This is unacceptable - and that's exactly why I campaigned for the bipartisan Infrastructure Act. We will rebuild the bridge and thousands more.”

The bridge over Fern Hollow Creek was built in 1970.

According to estimates from 2005, around 14,500 vehicles used it every day, as reported by the “carscoops.com” portal.

A 2019 inspection found the bridge's deck and superstructure to be in poor condition, according to the US Department of Transportation's National Bridge Inventory.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, this means that "deterioration of the primary structural elements has progressed."

Now it should be clarified why the bridge collapsed.

*24auto.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

Source: merkur

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