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Unless this collapse turns out to be an act of God, the cause will be negligence.  The I35W bridge was rated structurally deficient; and it did fall down.  However it is not true that all bridges rated structurally deficient have achieved that status through negligence and are in danger of collapse. Yet that was the blatantly dishonest theme of the "Aging Infrastructure" pieces last night on ABC, CBS, and NBC.  That was complete and utter political propaganda put forth by those who want to expand the role of government and their willing accomplices in the media.  They even broke down the price tag so we would know how much it would cost us individually. In order to drive home their lie that structurally deficient bridges are dangerous, they presented an old concrete bridge with holes through the deck and rebar hanging out of crumbling concrete.  The bridge was closed, blocked, and obviously out of service.  But all that mattered was that it was in the group of bridges rated structurally deficient, and it could therefore serve as an example to reinforce the bald face lie that all bridges rated structurally deficient are dangerous.
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