Maine Bridges That Are Structurally Deficient – Interactive Tool Tells You Which Ones
More often than not, you'll drive across a bridge and not give it a second thought. But, it's our job to make you nervous.
Have you ever wondered if what's under your wheels is "structurally deficient?" Well wonder no more! A group called Transportation of America has developed an interactive graphic to answer your questions! Click HERE!
Now to make you feel just a little bit better, when a bridge is labeled "structurally deficient" it doesn't mean that you're gonna be dead meat the next time you try to cross, it just means that the Feds have given it a rating of 4 or less on a scale of 9.
Three concerns come into view when the Feds give a bridge a rating: The surface, the substructure that supports the deck, and whatever is supporting the substructure in the ground.
Happy motoring!