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[quote user="rjemery"] The NY Times today published on its website a complete list of 470 (?) bridges needing immediate inspection, to be done by individual states as directed by the US DOT.  A significant number of those bridges appear to be railroad bridges, all deemed structurally deficient.Of the top eleven bridges deemed most vulnerable, three seem to be railroad bridges:<ul><li>I-376 CSX railroad, Frazier St., Allegheny County, PA, built in 1951; daily traffic 119,131</li><li>I-680 Railroad, Suisun Bay, Contra Costa County, CA, 1962; 90,500</li><li>I-90 Railroad, Hudson River, Albany County, NY, 1968; 75,196 </li></ul>See http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/20070804_BRIDGES_GRAPHIC.html for a complete list and also state-by-state.I do not know if the designated bridges are railroad bridges crossing over highways or automobile bridges crossing over railroads.  In some cases, they are clearly railroad bridges, such as the Eagle River Bridge crossing the Eagle River near Eagle, CO.  [/quote] I live in Martinez, where the south end of the Carquinez bridge is.  That bridge is badly rusting and I've not seen maintenance done on the structure itself in years.. the track & roadbed yes, but not the bridge itself.  And this also includes the left section of the bridge.  Below is a shot of the bridge in question & the auto bridges to each side of it.http://www.msnusers.com/tripeakstots/Documents/Important%20Stuff/Carquinez-Bridge.jpg
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