When will the next federal bridge collapse?

[pavyracer]

Highway Trust Fund Fix Falters in House


Attempts to include a fix for the looming shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund to legislation extending the authorization of the Federal Aviation Administration failed this week.

A plan originally drafted by Senators Max Baucus (D-MT), Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Patty Murray (D-WA) would have transferred $8 billion from the General Fund to the Highway Trust Fund, a reimbursement of funds taken from the Highway Trust Fund with the enactment of TEA-21 authorization legislation in 1998. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) introduced legislation last week to implement this fix with an extension of the FAA authorization. However, opposition from Republican lawmakers in the House prompted Democratic leaders to pull the controversial provisions from the FAA extension bill.

We can afford 3 concurrent wars but we can't afford to fix the country. Thank you Dumbya.

[BigOrangeTitans]

Tacoma narrows.

They added a whole other bridge to double the lanes of each(much needed) and charged a 3$ toll crossing on the new one, but not coming back (as it had a toll previously). Now the toll jumped a buck to 4$ a pop. Some say it wont stop rising until it hits about 5-6$. Considering i live a mile away, and go over the damn thing everyday, I know it will be this one. Bad karma on the price gouging coupled with my luck = doomsday.

[SlickFazzer]

I used to drive over the sombich that went down last year 4 times a week.

[pavyracer]

If we don't fix them you will see more go down. They will not live forever.