How do engineers determine whether a bridge is safe? David Proeber
DECATUR â As a driver for Birch Bus Service in Cerro Gordo, Deb Taylor crosses Lake Decatur twice every school day using Reas Bridge Road, one of 60 Macon County bridges deemed âpoorâ on a federal database. Itâs a designation that concerns her.
âEspecially when youâre carrying precious cargo that we do,â she said.
Reas Bridge is set for repairs after being listed for years in the National Bridge Inventory, a Federal Highway Administration database that tracks the structural integrity of 620,000 bridges in the U.S.
The vast majority of bridges nationally and in Macon County are structurally sound and motorists are in no danger. But there also those that fall into the lower categories, and officials say they are taking steps to address any issues.
SCOTT PERRY
DECATUR â Mark Hunter worked for years to acquire a building along Grand Avenue to house his construction business.
On Saturday afternoon, he could only watch as flames from three adjacent buildings threatened to take away all that he had worked for.
âI finally get them and and now I got to watch this,â Hunter said, referring to a three-alarm warehouse fire at East Grand Avenue and North Calhoun Street in Decatur.
Flames pierced through the roofs of three commercial structures, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky that could be seen for miles. It was a big, thick cloud of smoke right to the point where you couldn t even see the sun, said Marvin Johnson, who works in the building just to the east. It looked like a full moon at nighttime, but it was broad daylight at the time.
SCOTT PERRY
DECATUR â Mark Hunter worked for years to acquire a building along Grand Avenue to house his construction business.
On Saturday afternoon, he could only watch as flames from three adjacent buildings threatened to take away all that he had worked for.
âI finally get them and and now I got to watch this,â Hunter said, referring to a three-alarm warehouse fire at East Grand Avenue and North Calhoun Street in Decatur.
Flames pierced through the roofs of three commercial structures, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky that could be seen for miles. It was a big, thick cloud of smoke right to the point where you couldn t even see the sun, said Marvin Johnson, who works in the building just to the east. It looked like a full moon at nighttime, but it was broad daylight at the time.
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