© August 3, 2007
The state Department of Transportation began a review of substandard bridges across North Carolina on Thursday following the deadly collapse of a highway bridge in Minnesota.
Transportation Department Secretary Lyndo Tippett asked that work begin on a report that will detail the safety of such bridges, said department spokesman Ernie Seneca. Tippett wants the report completed before the September meeting of the state Board of Transportation.
The Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet is the most trouble-plagued bridge in the northeast region, but it is still considered safe, said Don Idol, an assistant state bridge inspection engineer.