Good news if you live in D.C., Maryland or Virginia: A trade group says there are fewer bridges here that are in bad shape when compared with聽other areas in the U.S.
D.C.-based American Road & Transportation Builders Association, which bills itself as a “nonpartisan federation” with a goal to “aggressively grow and protect transportation infrastructure investment to meet the public and business demand for safe and efficient travel,” said just are deficient; are listed as deficient; and 4.6% of Maryland’s bridges are listed as “deficient.”
For comparison, West Virginia, which came in at No. 1 on the group’s list for deficient bridges, are the following:
- West Virginia;
- Iowa;
- Rhode Island;
- South Dakota;
- Pennsylvania.
According to ARTBA, the seven structurally deficient bridges in D.C. are the following:
- The Roosevelt Bridge;
- South Capitol Street over Suitland Parkway;
- Anacostia Freeway over Suitland Parkway;
- Benning Road over Kenilworth Avenue;
- H Street Bridge over the terminal yard near Union Station;
- Joyce Road bridge in Rock Creek Park;
- 31st Street Bridge over the C&O Canal in Georgetown.
D.C. recently closed lanes on the Roosevelt Bridge for the next few months as crews complete emergency repair work.
Repairs are expected to continue for four months, weather permitting, .
In Maryland, 253 of the state’s 5,446 bridges were listed as structurally deficient.
In Virginia, 530 of the commonwealth’s 13,997 bridges were listed as structurally deficient.
Nationwide, the group said there are 43,578 structurally deficient bridges. This.
The changed its definition of “structurally deficient” in 2018. The new definition limits the classification to bridges where one of the key structural elements 鈥� the deck, superstructure, substructure or culverts 鈥� are rated in poor or worse condition, ARTBA said.
