The Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed early Friday was in poor condition, and the state did not allocate federal infrastructure funds for its improvement, according to a report.
The bridge that collapsed near Frick Park injured ten, several of whom were transported to a hospital, Breitbart News previously reported.
NBC News reports:
Pennsylvania is set to receive more than $327 million in federal funding for bridge repair and replacement under the infrastructure plan, with about $49 million going to “off-system,” or local, bridges like the Forbes Avenue bridge.
But the bridge is not among the highway and bridge projects targeted for federal funding in the state’s 2021 transportation improvement program.
City officials haven’t said why the bridge, built in 1970, wasn’t placed on the list for federal infrastructure funding.
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