Mrs. WI was very quick to point out that I'm almost as old as that bridge.

It's my understanding that the bridge was inspected three years ago and given a clean bill of health, but I'm sure more recent activity has taken place that will be elaborated upon.

This comes at a time when the DOT has recently made the announcement that in an effort to reduce unnecessary expenses...they are only requiring that bridges rated in "Fair" condition be inspected once every four years. As a further note, those of you that recall the 1983 Mianus River Bridge collapse here in CT may be interested to know that the bridge had been evaluated "Good" (better than Fair) just two years prior to it's collapse.

At any rate, it's a scary thing and I pray for those involved.