Minnesota bridge collapse shocked nation

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The collapse of a major bridge in Minnesota on Wednesday was a shock = across=20 the nation. The bridge which serves as a major traffic artery of = Minneapolis is=20 part of the interstate system. The loss of life was tragic.

And yet it could have been worse. The bridge collapsed during the = height of=20 the rush hour.

The reverberations of the bridge collapse were felt across the nation = as=20 every city and state took a closer look at its own system of bridges = with a new=20 sense of urgency. Americans simply don't expect a bridge to collapse = short of an=20 act of God or the act of a terrorist.

But what this renewed scrutiny of the nation's bridges has brought is = a=20 realization of the deteriorated state of the steel and concrete spans = that are=20 so vital a part of the nation's traffic system. Whether marginally = deficient or=20 in need of serious repair, thousands of miles of spans are known to be = in less=20 than ideal state because of the daily pounding they receive as the = nation's=20 highways and interstates each year carry ever larger traffic loads. But = the=20 billions of dollars in highway funding to repair all those bridges just = haven't=20 kept up.

The investigation into the cause of the collapse of the I-35 bridge = in=20 Minneapolis has only just begun. The death toll stands at five, but that = figure=20 is expected to climb. The wonder is that more lives weren't lost. The = collapse=20 came during the midst of the evening rush-hour traffic with vehicles = backed up=20 on the span, the busiest in the state.

On Saturday, President Bush visited the site of the bridge collapse = and=20 pledged to cut any red tape that might slow down federal funds needed to = rebuild=20 the bridge.

Congress is already working to direct $250 million to rebuilding the = bridge.=20 The magnitude of the collapse merits such quick action. Finding a way to = identify the money to rebuild the rest of the nation's deficient bridges = will be=20 more complex.

In Texas, for instance, the gasoline tax is no longer sufficient even = to keep=20 up with the need for new road and bridges, much less repairing the many=20 deficient bridges in the state. In the Corpus Christi area alone, the = state has=20 identified a dozen spans that are structurally deficient, including the=20 northbound lanes of the Nueces Bay Causeway. Should motorists be scared = to drive=20 across any of these spans? Not by any means. The bridges continue to do = the job=20 they were designed for, carrying thousands of vehicles every day.

But the list of deficient bridges does mean funds need to be = identified so=20 that these spans can be brought up to the highest standards. But the = state=20 gasoline tax, the chief source of state funds for highway construction = and=20 repair, has been unchanged since the 1990s. And the state fuel tax at 20 = cents=20 is one of the lowest in the nation. Likewise, the federal gasoline tax = has been=20 frozen for years.

Political courage lacking

Politicians in Austin and Washington are reluctant to raise fuel = taxes=20 because consumers struggling with higher gas prices may not have = sympathy for=20 politicians who raise fuel taxes. Thus, the romance in Austin with toll = roads.=20

But even steep tolls may not produce enough money to keep up with the = state's=20 infrastructure needs. That's why some highway experts are experimenting = with=20 per-mile fees.

That would charge motorists based upon a mileage model rather than a = fuel=20 consumption model. The point is that deferring maintenance on bridges = saves no=20 money, but does put motorists at increasingly great risks, a point that = was=20 dramatically made in Minneapolis.

Whether higher fuel taxes, some tolls and even fee-per-mile, the = money must=20 be found to repair the miles of bridges that have been identified as = deficient.=20 Those bridges are deteriorating bit by bit ever day as they are pounded = and=20 twisted by the millions of tons of vehicles using them every day, every = week and=20 every month.

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1=0A= : (typeof(css.KhtmlOpacity) !=3D tt_u) ? 2=0A= : (typeof(css.KHTMLOpacity) !=3D tt_u) ? 3=0A= : (typeof(css.MozOpacity) !=3D tt_u) ? 4=0A= : (typeof(css.opacity) !=3D tt_u) ? 5=0A= : 0;=0A= }=0A= // Ported from http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2006/06/again/=0A= // (Dean Edwards et al.)=0A= function tt_SetOnloadFnc()=0A= {=0A= tt_AddEvtFnc(document, "DOMContentLoaded", tt_HideSrcTags);=0A= tt_AddEvtFnc(window, "load", tt_HideSrcTags);=0A= if(tt_body.attachEvent)=0A= tt_body.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",=0A= function() {=0A= if(tt_body.readyState =3D=3D "complete")=0A= tt_HideSrcTags();=0A= } );=0A= if(/WebKit|KHTML/i.test(navigator.userAgent))=0A= {=0A= var t =3D setInterval(function() {=0A= if(/loaded|complete/.test(document.readyState))=0A= {=0A= clearInterval(t);=0A= tt_HideSrcTags();=0A= }=0A= }, 10);=0A= }=0A= }=0A= function tt_HideSrcTags()=0A= {=0A= if(!window.tt_HideSrcTags || window.tt_HideSrcTags.done)=0A= return;=0A= window.tt_HideSrcTags.done =3D true;=0A= if(!tt_HideSrcTagsRecurs(tt_body))=0A= tt_Err("To enable the capability to convert HTML elements to tooltips,"=0A= + " you must set TagsToTip in the global tooltip configuration"=0A= + " to true.");=0A= }=0A= function tt_HideSrcTagsRecurs(dad)=0A= {=0A= var a, ovr, asT2t;=0A= =0A= // Walk the DOM tree for tags that have an onmouseover attribute=0A= // containing a TagToTip('...') call.=0A= // (.childNodes first since .children is bugous in Safari)=0A= a =3D dad.childNodes || dad.children || null;=0A= for(var i =3D a ? a.length : 0; i;)=0A= {--i;=0A= if(!tt_HideSrcTagsRecurs(a[i]))=0A= return false;=0A= ovr =3D a[i].getAttribute ? a[i].getAttribute("onmouseover")=0A= : (typeof a[i].onmouseover =3D=3D "function") ? a[i].onmouseover=0A= : null;=0A= if(ovr)=0A= {=0A= asT2t =3D ovr.toString().match(/TagToTip\s*$\s*'[^'.]+'\s*[$,]/);=0A= if(asT2t && asT2t.length)=0A= {=0A= if(!tt_HideSrcTag(asT2t[0]))=0A= return false;=0A= }=0A= }=0A= }=0A= return true;=0A= }=0A= function tt_HideSrcTag(sT2t)=0A= {=0A= var id, el;=0A= =0A= // The ID passed to the found TagToTip() call identifies an HTML element=0A= // to be converted to a tooltip, so hide that element=0A= id =3D sT2t.replace(/.+'([^'.]+)'.+/, "$1");=0A= el =3D tt_GetElt(id);=0A= if(el)=0A= {=0A= if(tt_Debug && !TagsToTip)=0A= return false;=0A= else=0A= el.style.display =3D "none";=0A= }=0A= else=0A= tt_Err("Invalid ID\n'" + id + "'\npassed to TagToTip()."=0A= + " There exists no HTML element with that ID.");=0A= return true;=0A= }=0A= function tt_Tip(arg, t2t)=0A= {=0A= if(!tt_db)=0A= return;=0A= if(tt_iState)=0A= tt_Hide();=0A= if(!tt_Enabled)=0A= return;=0A= tt_t2t =3D t2t;=0A= if(!tt_ReadCmds(arg))=0A= return;=0A= tt_iState =3D 0x1 | 0x4;=0A= tt_AdaptConfig1();=0A= tt_MkTipContent(arg);=0A= tt_MkTipSubDivs();=0A= tt_FormatTip();=0A= tt_bJmpVert =3D false;=0A= tt_maxPosX =3D tt_GetClientW() + tt_scrlX - tt_w - 1;=0A= tt_maxPosY =3D tt_GetClientH() + tt_scrlY - tt_h - 1;=0A= tt_AdaptConfig2();=0A= // We must fake the first mousemove in order to ensure the tip=0A= // be immediately shown and positioned=0A= tt_Move();=0A= tt_ShowInit();=0A= }=0A= function tt_ReadCmds(a)=0A= {=0A= var i;=0A= =0A= // First load the global config values, to initialize also values=0A= // for which no command has been passed=0A= i =3D 0;=0A= for(var j in config)=0A= tt_aV[i++] =3D config[j];=0A= // Then replace each cached config value for which a command has been=0A= // passed (ensure the # of command args plus value args be even)=0A= if(a.length & 1)=0A= {=0A= for(i =3D a.length - 1; i > 0; i -=3D 2)=0A= tt_aV[a[i - 1]] =3D a[i];=0A= return true;=0A= }=0A= tt_Err("Incorrect call of Tip() or TagToTip().\n"=0A= + "Each command must be followed by a value.");=0A= return false;=0A= }=0A= function tt_AdaptConfig1()=0A= {=0A= tt_ExtCallFncs(0, "LoadConfig");=0A= // Inherit unspecified title formattings from body=0A= if(!tt_aV[TITLEBGCOLOR].length)=0A= tt_aV[TITLEBGCOLOR] =3D tt_aV[BORDERCOLOR];=0A= if(!tt_aV[TITLEFONTCOLOR].length)=0A= tt_aV[TITLEFONTCOLOR] =3D tt_aV[BGCOLOR];=0A= if(!tt_aV[TITLEFONTFACE].length)=0A= tt_aV[TITLEFONTFACE] =3D tt_aV[FONTFACE];=0A= if(!tt_aV[TITLEFONTSIZE].length)=0A= tt_aV[TITLEFONTSIZE] =3D tt_aV[FONTSIZE];=0A= if(tt_aV[CLOSEBTN])=0A= {=0A= // Use title colors for non-specified closebutton colors=0A= if(!tt_aV[CLOSEBTNCOLORS])=0A= tt_aV[CLOSEBTNCOLORS] =3D new Array("", "", "", "");=0A= for(var i =3D 4; i;)=0A= {--i;=0A= if(!tt_aV[CLOSEBTNCOLORS][i].length)=0A= tt_aV[CLOSEBTNCOLORS][i] =3D (i & 1) ? tt_aV[TITLEFONTCOLOR] : = tt_aV[TITLEBGCOLOR];=0A= }=0A= // Enforce titlebar be shown=0A= if(!tt_aV[TITLE].length)=0A= tt_aV[TITLE] =3D " ";=0A= }=0A= // Circumvents broken display of images and fade-in flicker in Geckos < = 1.8=0A= if(tt_aV[OPACITY] =3D=3D 100 && typeof tt_aElt[0].style.MozOpacity !=3D = tt_u && !Array.every)=0A= tt_aV[OPACITY] =3D 99;=0A= // Smartly shorten the delay for fade-in tooltips=0A= if(tt_aV[FADEIN] && tt_flagOpa && tt_aV[DELAY] > 100)=0A= tt_aV[DELAY] =3D Math.max(tt_aV[DELAY] - tt_aV[FADEIN], 100);=0A= }=0A= function tt_AdaptConfig2()=0A= {=0A= if(tt_aV[CENTERMOUSE])=0A= tt_aV[OFFSETX] -=3D ((tt_w - (tt_aV[SHADOW] ? tt_aV[SHADOWWIDTH] : 0)) = >> 1);=0A= }=0A= // Expose content globally so extensions can modify it=0A= function tt_MkTipContent(a)=0A= {=0A= if(tt_t2t)=0A= {=0A= if(tt_aV[COPYCONTENT])=0A= tt_sContent =3D tt_t2t.innerHTML;=0A= else=0A= tt_sContent =3D "";=0A= }=0A= else=0A= tt_sContent =3D a[0];=0A= tt_ExtCallFncs(0, "CreateContentString");=0A= }=0A= function tt_MkTipSubDivs()=0A= {=0A= var sCss =3D = 'position:relative;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;left:0px;top:0= px;width:auto;',=0A= sTbTrTd =3D ' cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D0 border=3D0 style=3D"' + = sCss + '">'=0A= + ''=0A= + tt_aV[TITLE]=0A= + ''=0A= + (tt_aV[CLOSEBTN] ?=0A= ('')=0A= : '')=0A= + '

'=0A= + ''=0A= + tt_aV[CLOSEBTNTEXT]=0A= + '

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