(Pittsburgh Comprehensive) US President Bynden visited Pittsburgh City, Pennsylvania on Friday. Unexpectedly, a local bridgeBut he collapsed a few hours ago.This highlights the current situation of the old disrepair of the United States infrastructure, and it is also dramatic to provide an important footnote to the Biden of the large -scale infrastructure bill to promote the large -scale infrastructure bill.
The collapse accident occurred at 6 am on Friday local time (at 7 pm Singapore on Friday). There were four or five cars on the bridge at the time of the incident. The search and rescue team later rescued many people from the valley.10 people were injured.
Biden visited Pittsburg for a long time to plan for his $ 1 trillion (about 1.35 trillion yuan) infrastructure bill.This bill that caused a large controversy was signed by Biden last November. The US Department of Communications announced this month that it will allocate 5.3 billion U.S. dollars in accordance with the law to the states for maintenance bridges.Essence
After inspecting the inspection of the bridge on the bridge, this accident highlights the urgency of his huge investment in the infrastructure."For so many years, we have been far behind infrastructure construction, which is incredible."
He emphasized: "We can't waste time ... We can't wait for someone to get the next time because of the next oneThe bridge collapses and moves. "
Fern Hollow Bridge was built in 1970. It has a history of more than 50 years and the cause of the collapse is unknown.Pittsburgh Mayor Gini said that the official had just checked the structure of the bridge in September last year. The assessment of the upper structure was "not good", but it did not mean that there was danger, and the lower architecture was "good".According to the US Department of Communications, this bridge is one of the 44,000 bridges in the United States.
This four -lane bridge span the valley and is the "important arteries" of local traffic.The TV screen shows that the bridge covered by white snow is cut off, and a number of cars and a bus trapped between the gap between the broken bridge and shake.The rescue staff fell to a 46 -meter canyon and formed a wall to rescue the trapped.
Pittsburgh Public Safety Department said that a natural gas pipeline through the bridge was cut off, resulting in leakage of natural gas.This gas pipeline was closed later.
According to the witnesses, there was a huge sound when the bridge collapsed, and then a strong natural gas smell appeared.
