The American Road & Transportation Builders Association(ARTBA) analysis of the recently released U.S. DOT 2018 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database reveals that 47,052 of U.S. bridgesare classified as structurally deficient and in poor condition.

Vehicles of all kinds cross these compromised stru...

Atlanta, Georgia 

March 30, 2017

Executive Summary

​On Thursday, March 30, 2017, about 6:05 p.m., construction materials stored under an Interstate 85 (I-85) overpass in Atlanta, Georgia, were set on fire. The fire propagated throughout the storage area. Just over 1 hour later, at 7:14 p.m., span 30 NB—a 92-foot-long elevated...