“Portland’s St. John’s Bridge and the Lewis & Clark Bridge connecting Oregon and Washington are among the seven bridges on the list.”

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    6 months ago

    No. Bridges built in modern times have protection against such incidents and as the Baltimore event demonstrated, for very good reason. They make barriers around the piers to absorb and impact and wow - who would have known - avoid the bridge collapsing.