Officials say California bridges safe
More than 1,600 California bridges and freeway overpasses are deteriorating and more than a dozen in Los Angeles County have been cited as needing high-priority repairs, according to a review of state and federal data. Harrison Sheppard and Lisa Friedman in the Daily News.
The heightened scrutiny of the Golden State's infrastructure comes a day after a Minnesota interstate bridge collapsed during evening rush hour, sending dozens of cars plummeting into the Mississippi River and killing at least four people.
After the deadly collapse, officials noted that the bridge had been cited by federal engineers in 2005 as "structurally deficient."