Disaster Footage

Security camera footage of the collapse of the 35 Bridge in Minneapolis can be viewed online here:

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-070802bridge,1,5546538.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

 

Not sure of the ethics of this but we can’t help ourselves can we?  This bridge collapse and that in Montreal last year serves to highlight the fact that North America has billions of dollars worth of infrastructure that was built often by the lowest bidder that has already exceeded it’s planned life-expectancy and is in urgent need of repair and replacement.  If you can find a safe and legal parking space near any major bridge and a vantage point to view it from below what you see will scare you.  The latest disaster happened in America.  Expect the finger-pointing and lawsuits to go on for the next decade.  Bottom line: highway taxes have to start maintaining highways and stop getting swallowed up in general revenue.