23% of South Carolina bridges substandard: $3-billion needed for fix.

DemoTex

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Thu Aug-02-07 04:51 PM
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23% of South Carolina bridges substandard: $3-billion needed for fix.

Edited on Thu Aug-02-07 05:07 PM by DemoTex

South Carolina faces its own challenges concerning bridges as the nation mourns after a bridge collapse in Minneapolis.

One in five bridges in South Carolina are substandard, though the state has no bridges of the steel girder span that collapsed Wednesday.

State Department of Transportation Director Buck Limehouse said about 1,033 bridges in South Carolina are structurally deficient and 776 others are functionally obsolete, meaning they don't meet current federal standards, though they aren't considered to be unsafe.

Limehouse said it would take $2.9 billion to fix all of the state's bridges, money that he said the state doesn't have. (More ..)

http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070802/NEWS01/708020353

Maybe Lindsey Graham is spending too much time buying rugs in Baghdad (5 rugs/$5!) and Jim DeMint is spending too much time with his pal Vitter to take care of the needs of SC.

:think: Perhaps Graham and DimWit's fundy friends in the upstate, especially the BoJos, can heal those bridges through prayer and the laying of hands. Lindsey could even supply a few prayer rugs. DimWit and Vitter could supply .. well, never mind.

Edit: Changed % to agree with ASME. Added report card below.

ASCE State-By-State Report Card (thanks to Bleedingheart!):
http://www.asce.org/reportcard/2005/states.cfm

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helderheid

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Thu Aug-02-07 04:54 PM
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1. no more tax cuts to the richest 1%. n/t

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xchrom

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Thu Aug-02-07 05:16 PM
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2. in a state that hates government and hates taxes -- good luck with that. n/t

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kestrel91316

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Thu Aug-02-07 05:16 PM
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3. How long does it take us to waste $3 bn in Iraq? Half an hour?

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KoKo

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Thu Aug-02-07 05:23 PM
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4. OMG! Buck Limehouse Repug Says there are Problems...I know Buck

and believe me the Limehouses will say and do ANYTHING to SCAM the System! Also...did you ever see those LIMEHOUSE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY vehicles all around the State? That's Buck's Cousins from Summerville..who have TAKEN OVER the "Big Road Construction" and Buck is MAKING SURE they get the CONTRACTS!

Buck Limehouse...:rofl:

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KoKo

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Thu Aug-02-07 05:40 PM
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5. Can you put this in the SC Forum? I'll bet you'll get some interest unless it's Dead Forum.

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DemoTex

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Thu Aug-02-07 06:00 PM
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6. Done!

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