Dan Sligh, injured in the collapse of a bridge near Seattle, Washington, describes what it was like when the bridge collapsed.
Three people were rescued about 7:00 p.m. Thursday May 23, 2013 after a bridge collapsed into the Skagit River in western Washington and dropped vehicles and people into the water.
The Skagit River Bridge had a federal sufficiency rating of 59.8 at a 2010 inspection. The number is figured base on a combination of structural soundness and traffic-carrying ability.
The Skagit bridge was rated “structurally deficient” in 1992 and functionally obsolete in 2000 and 2010, according to a report by uglybridges.com, which cites the National Bridge Inventory data for that year. There was erosion on the stream banks below, and serious road-deck damage or wear. By 1994, the National Bridge Inventory federal database listed the bridge as “functionally obsolete,” an improved rating but an indication the bridge still wasn’t adequate for modern traffic.
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See also …
uglybridges.com
uglybridges.com/wa/skagit/
Are there any bridges nearby in Cook County with bad scores?
Check the following …
26TH ST over FRANKLIN ST EXTEND
RYAN NB FRNT RD B over CHINATOWN FEEDER
DIVISION ST over CAL SAG CHANNEL
CHATHAM ST over CAL.SAG CHANNEL
WESTERN AVE over CAL SG CHNL&RR&BRDWY
18TH ST over S BR CHICAGO RIVER
WALNUT LANE over TRIB OF POPLAR CREEK (UNDER CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER)
CARRIAGE WAY DR over SALT CREEK ROLLING MEADOWS
SOUTH WATER ST over E SO WATER ST LOW
HALSTED ST over KINZIE ST & RR T.
SOUTH WATER ST over E SO WATER ST LOW