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CBS News reports:
The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Thursday 68 bridges across 19 states be evaluated with a “vulnerability assessment” to determine their risk of collapse if involved in a vessel collision in the wake of last year’s deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Over the last year, the NTSB identified 68 bridges built before 1991 that don’t have a “current vulnerability assessment.”
Some of the bridges include the Golden Gate Bridge in California, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida. Local officials said Thursday that the Golden Gate Bridge is “in full compliance with all state and federal regulations” and that the district hired a consultant this year to “conduct an assessment of the South Tower fender system’s structural capacity for ship collisions.”
Read the full article. The full list of 68 bridges is at the link. Other NYC bridges on the list: Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, Verrazano Narrows Bridge, George Washington Bridge.
NTSB recommends 68 bridges in the U.S. be evaluated for risk of collapse from vessel strike: https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/nr20250320.aspx
Marine Investigation Report: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MIR2510.pdf— NTSB_Newsroom (mirror) (@ntsbnewsroom.govmirrors.com) March 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM