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Archive Home > 2013 > January > 01 > Decaying D.C. bridge reflects state nationwide

Decaying D.C. bridge reflects state nationwide

By Ashley Halsey III / The Bulletin
January 1, 2013

WASHINGTON — A dozen blocks from the dome of the U.S. Capitol, a bridge rots away in silence as 70,000 drivers roar across it each day.

Now and then a chunk of concrete shakes loose from its underside and plops into the river below, but mostly it is quiet corrosion that has eaten holes....

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