Pittsburgh: Before President Joe Biden will visit the city, a two-way bridge collapses in Pittsburgh in early Friday, encourages rescuers for Rappel nearly 150 feet (46 m) and others to form a human chain to save many people from dangling buses.
There were 10 small injuries with three taken to hospital but there were no fatalities, the authorities said.
President Biden, who later visited the scene after arriving in the city to suppress infrastructure bills of $ 1 trillion, which included bridge maintenance, said that around 45,000 bridges throughout the country were in a bad condition.
“The high number of bridges in poor conditions in the US is not acceptable.
The idea that we are far behind on infrastructure for years confusing,” Biden said.
The police reported the Forbes Avenue range over Fern Hollow Creek on Frick Park fell around 6 in the morning.
Photos from the scene showed a commuter bus upright in the collapsed bridge.
City officials said the collapse caused gas leakage, after several nearby houses were temporarily evacuated.
The large natural gas leak is then controlled by turning it off.
Bureau Pittsburgh Head of the Darryl Jones fire said three or four vehicles were involved in collapse.
None of the injuries that threaten the lives, said Jones.
Authorities tell motorists to avoid the area.
Pittsburgh City Council members Corey O’Connor said the results of the collapse could be worse.
“If it’s rush hour, we will see a few hundred cars down in the valley,” he told CNN.
In a statement, the White House said, “Our team is related to state and local officials in the field when they continue to collect information about the causes of collapse.
The President thanks the first respondent who rushes to help the driver.
Which is on the bridge at that time.” The collapse of the half-century bridge highlighted the dangerous situation of the United States transportation infrastructure, which will get a trillion dollar infusion over the next few years.
The Pittsburgh bridge was considered in poor condition, according to the national inventory of the US Department of Transportation, with Biden then added that during the address in the city that the bridge was in a bad condition for 10 years.
Built in 1970, bridge four lanes brought an average of 14,500 vehicles per day along Forbes Avenue, one of the city’s main arteries, according to the US Department of Transportation.
About 11% of the 30,000 bridges of the northeastern state are considered in poor condition, according to the Department of Transportation Database, almost double the national average.
The bridges handle 5% of daily traffic in Pennsylvania.
The state bridge is given a D-plus value by the technical community in the 2018 report.
The road and gutter systems, water and transit also receive low scores.
However, the “poor” ranking does not always mean the bridge is at risk of collapse, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, but that means they must be checked regularly.
The bridge which collapsed last September, the head of the city firefighter told reporters.
The $ 1 trillion Biden infrastructure expenditure package, the biggest investment in decades, has provided billions of dollars to improve to bridges, roads and transit.
The transportation department announced earlier this month that it distributed $ 5.3 billion to state to repair bridges, a dramatic increase over the previous years.
Pennsylvania received the third largest part, a total of $ 327 million.
The community said the state had made progress since approving fuel tax increases in 2013 to fund repairs.
The group praised the Pennsylvania bridge inspection program, which he said exceeded federal standards.
Pittsburgh, a post-industrial city of around 300,000 people located in a meeting of three large rivers, is known for the steep hills and beautiful bridges.
The bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh hours before Biden’s visit, 10 was injured
