<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/68463cec-9178-4c0d-8940-829c82e29df1/5EB6CC7C-1C03-497E-A63A-E89A843E60E9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.poynter.org/q/?id=A127742" href="http://www.poynter.org/q/?id=A127742" style="font-size: 11px;">www.poynter.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poynter.org/q/?id=A127742"><P><SPAN>1915:</SPAN> The <A href="http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7642">Spokane Division Street Bridge in Washington collapsed.</A> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poynter.org/q/?id=A127742"><P><SPAN>2003:</SPAN> <A href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/12/04/BAGMU3FRVO1.DTL">A 100-foot section of the bridge</A> over the Napa River in California collapsed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poynter.org/q/?id=A127742"><P><SPAN>1989:</SPAN> In Tennessee, the <A href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2D6143BF935A35755C0A966958260">Hatchie River Bridge collapsed.</A> This collapse resulted in the National Transportation Safety Board recommending that the feds modify the National Bridge Inspection Standards. The board recommended follow-up or diver inspections of bridges with underwater parts that are unable to be examined during a bridge inspection because the water is too deep or murky.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poynter.org/q/?id=A127742"><P><SPAN>1981:</SPAN> The GAO found that <A href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E0DA153BF934A2575BC0A967948260">federal dollars were not going to the bridges</A> that needed repair the most.<BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poynter.org/q/?id=A127742"><P><SPAN>1980: </SPAN>The <A href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060505/FEATURES14/60509005">Sunshine Skyway collapsed over Tampa Bay.</A><SPAN></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poynter.org/q/?id=A127742"><P><SPAN>1967:</SPAN> <A href="http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Bridges/Silver-Bridge.htm">A West Virginia bridge called the "Silver Bridge" collapsed.</A> Forty-six people died. Here is <A href="http://www.wvculture.org/hiStory/wvhs1504.html">more background</A> on that one.<BR /><SPAN></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poynter.org/q/?id=A127742"><P><SPAN>1932:</SPAN> The <A href="http://www.fosc.org/BridgeCollapse.htm">Sligo Creek Bridge collapsed</A> in Takoma Park, Md.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.poynter.org/q/?id=A127742"><P><SPAN>1915:</SPAN> The <A href="http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7642">Spokane Division Street Bridge in Washington collapsed.</A> </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5EB6CC7C-1C03-497E-A63A-E89A843E60E9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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