# A four-lane bridge in Pittsburgh has collapsed just hours before Biden visits the city to talk about infrastructure **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-lane-bridge-in-pittsburgh-has-collapsed-just-hours-before-biden-visits-the-city-to-talk-about-infrastructure/958569 "2022-01-28T14:01:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-lane-bridge-in-pittsburgh-has-collapsed-just-hours-before-biden-visits-the-city-to-talk-about-infrastructure/958569/21 "2022-01-28T21:12:21Z")
News of the collapse has reached Australia, where they evidently only count the number of lanes in one direction. > **[Pittsburgh bridge collapses hours before Biden visit](https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/pittsburgh-bridge-collapses-hours-before-biden-visit/video/109405f976cf8326cff72a8a7af1dac6)** > > A two-lane bridge in Pittsburgh has collapsed hours ahead of a planned visit by President Joe Biden to the Pennsylvania city to tout infrastructure. > > The snow-covered structure collapsed into a wooded gully, causing minor injuries to ten people.... ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-lane-bridge-in-pittsburgh-has-collapsed-just-hours-before-biden-visits-the-city-to-talk-about-infrastructure/958569/22 "2022-01-28T21:38:11Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Frick-a-frack-a firecracker, sis-boom-bah [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4GduUWv-mA&t=237s) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-lane-bridge-in-pittsburgh-has-collapsed-just-hours-before-biden-visits-the-city-to-talk-about-infrastructure/958569/23 "2022-01-28T21:41:11Z")
Or “This isn’t hyperbole!” He seems to like that one. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-lane-bridge-in-pittsburgh-has-collapsed-just-hours-before-biden-visits-the-city-to-talk-about-infrastructure/958569/24 "2022-01-29T01:36:25Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Are you sure the demoNcrats didn’t blow it up? Look for thermite! Connect the dot! Connect the dot? Wouldn’t that just be a circle? > [@Icarus](#): > > To be entirely fair, I don’t think _anyone_ is doubting that the needs exist and are urgent. After all, Trump spent his entire presidency touting “Infrastructure Week”, and did author proposals to deal with it. Sadly, he did not deliver. Well, of course not. It was “Infrastructure _Week_”, not “Infrastructure _Fortnight_”. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-lane-bridge-in-pittsburgh-has-collapsed-just-hours-before-biden-visits-the-city-to-talk-about-infrastructure/958569/25 "2022-01-29T01:43:02Z")
Please give us a link! ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-lane-bridge-in-pittsburgh-has-collapsed-just-hours-before-biden-visits-the-city-to-talk-about-infrastructure/958569/26 "2022-01-29T02:06:45Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Connect the dot? Wouldn’t that just be a circle? look, the best biden can do is 2d chess - everythings a dot. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-lane-bridge-in-pittsburgh-has-collapsed-just-hours-before-biden-visits-the-city-to-talk-about-infrastructure/958569/27 "2023-07-12T13:54:15Z")
> In its report, the NTSB found that drainage problems led to the metal legs of the Fern Hollow Bridge corroding over time. The problems with the bridge weren’t a surprise — or shouldn’t have been — as it had been inspected multiple times. It had not had an overall rating better than “fair” from the Federal Highway Administration since 1989, [and had a poor rating for 10 years]). > > [Pittsburgh bridge collapse illustrates poor maintenance across US | Trucking Dive](https://www.transportdive.com/news/fern-hollow-bridge-collapse-illustrates-lack-of-bridge-maintenance-in-us/686238/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-four-lane-bridge-in-pittsburgh-has-collapsed-just-hours-before-biden-visits-the-city-to-talk-about-infrastructure/958569.md?page=1)