Tens of thousands of US bridges are literally falling apart

http://www.today.com/money/tens-thousands-us-bridges-are-literally-falling-apart-t80031

One 25-lb. piece wound up in the front passenger seat. "Another six to eight inches, you might not have been talking to me today," Peterson said. According to new government data, that overpass is just one of 58,495 bridges in the U.S. that have been deemed structurally deficient.