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North American infrastructures 'tumbling down,' say experts - remember the ...

In Laval June 2000> A 60-ton beam is detached from the Memorial Blvd. overpass, killing one man and wounding two others, as they passed below on Highway 15. No one has ever been found responsible for that. September 30, 2006> The Concorde overpass on Highway 19 collapsed, killing five people and seriously injuring six. With its many infrastructure calamities, the largest city in Quebec seem to break all records. Yet for the past 10 years, these types of accidents were more frequent in cities across the continent.It should be comforting to see that this is something that happens elsewhere ... but not really when you get down to it. In New York, Albany, motorists still have more in common with those of Montreal. The roads in their state was already blocked as the Dunn Memorial Bridge was being repaired, and not for the first time. (In 2005, he had to be closed in a hurry when some of the street cordoned off by half a meter). Only a few weeks ago, a new problem: suddenly the inspectors closed the highway South Mall to the bridge. They had found three feet of cracks in its support pylons.

Maintenance suffers "When there are budget cuts, the first thing to do is maintenance free," said Quebec engineer Michel Bruneau, who sees the situation in the State of New York first-hand because he teaches at the University of Buffalo . 'It's the same story everywhere. The Americans have to worry about. Sure, "said Bruneau. The latest reports from the Federal Highway Administration of the United States are even less reassuring. In 2010 the United States, A bridge of four was considered "insufficient" because it was not the job it was built for and its structure was damaged. In urban areas or the northern United States - where the climate is like that in Montreal - it's even worse: a bridge over three must be monitored.

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