It seems that the bridge construction is coming along the well.I cant believe the bridge collapse was a year ago today.If America can fix this bridge, why can't they fix the others?

America can't fix the other bridges because no one has died on them yet. This country has a tombstone mentality that says until someone has actually been crusheed by a falling bridge no need to fix it.

I like how you said that John... 'tombstone mentality'. The same is true of unprotected railroad crossings! It took 3 separate death accidents at a crossing in Wichita, KS before the powers that be finally put up lights and crossbars! Somehow we need to move our country's leadership at all levels back to the 'proactive' mindset instead of the 'reactive'.

Yep, as the saying goes; if it aint broke, why fix it.

War and space but not infrastructure... a strange society indeed!!

I appreciate the before and after photos on the AC360 Blog!

Are Americans playing "Russian Roulette" driving on American bridges?

Why does it seem we never learn from our mistakes? Does another bridge need to collapse before public infrastructure becomes an issue? How come we have not heard a single news story about what is now happening to the people living in the flood plains of the Missouri and Mississippi river? How has FEMA helped them, since responsibility clearly falls on the state and federal government? We KNOW that our infrastructure is crumbling. Early in the primary debates I remember Obama discuss reinvesting in infrastructure to stimulate the economy. This issue has disappeared, even with the economy being issue #1. Instead of being reactive, we need to be more proactive. FEMA is a joke.

So are we waiting on each bridge to collapse before we repair it? Why can the government for once be proactive and do this BEFORE anyone else dies rather than after? Why do we fund bridge inspections if we don't do anything with the results? Sounds like stupidity to me.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL