DDOT says bridges 'in good shape' despite report
April 26, 2011 - 07:58 am
As a major rehab project starts on the New York Avenue Bridge, questions are being raised about the condition of other bridges in District, WTOP reports.
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"Relative to the rest of the country, they are in good shape," Ronaldo "Nick" Nicholson, program manager with the D.C. Department of Transportation told WTOP.
A report released last month by Transportation for America cited 30 of the District's 244 bridges as structurally deficient. That's a higher percentage of bridges in need of repair than the national average, 12.3 percent in D.C., compared with 11 percent average, according to the advocacy group.
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