In the wake of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, all cities are hoping checking their bridges. We’re hoping. The Daily News reports that the Brooklyn Bridge gets bad marks in the safety department.
The Brooklyn Bridge is one of 166 city bridges labeled “structurally deficient,” putting it in the same category as the one that collapsed into the Mississippi River.
In fact, under the the feds’ rating system, the Brooklyn Bridge scored dramatically lower than the doomed Minneapolis bridge – and the Willis Ave. Bridge, which connects East Harlem to the Bronx, was not much better.
The Brooklyn Bridge also got lousy marks from the state, which called it one of three city bridges in “poor” condition with rusting steel joints and deteriorating brick and mortar on its ramps.
The biggest problem was the roadway deck on the Manhattan and Brooklyn approaches
The Brooklyn Bridge is looking like what 100-odd years, and then theres the Verrazano at maybe almost half that amount. Not bad if it falls down we got out with our moneys worth, if you ask my opinion about it. We could even put up some cool new buildings where those crazy ramps are in Manhattan, but in Brooklyn Cadman Plaza would be about the same as it always was to be.