"structurally deficient"

The Minnesota bridge that plunged into the Mississippi River yesterday, killing four, and almost killing a school bus full of kids, was rated "structurally deficient."

So how about bridges in other states? Via the magic of Google, I did a quick and selective canvass...

Delaware:

...42 of state's 1,470 bridges 'structurally deficient'...Delaware has one of the nation's lowest percentages of deficient bridges...

Hawaii:

...Of the 1,110 bridges listed by the Federal Highway Administration for Hawai'i in 2006, 513 were considered "structurally deficient" or "functionally obsolete." Five years earlier, there were 1,071 bridges listed, and 537 were deficient or obsolete....

Massachusetts:

...The bridge is just one of 52 bridges labeled as structurally deficient in North Central Massachusetts, but the problem echoes a greater need across the state as more than 560 of the 4,445 bridges show extreme signs of wear and tear...

Missouri

...When is Branson going to fix their 75 year old bridge in Branson? Believe it or not, the bridge was built in 1931..yes...75 years ago AND... its current state is "Structurally Deficient" from the last time it was inspected....

New Hampshire:

...The Beech Hill Drive bridge, which inspection crews have been monitoring on a weekly basis, is one of 42 structurally deficient spans in the state....

New Jersey:

...Of the more than 2,400 bridges on the county and local systems, 22 percent are structurally deficient....

Oklahoma:

...The study found that thirty-three percent of the state's bridges are "structurally deficient" and seven percent are "functionally obsolete." Researchers also discovered that more of Oklahoma's bridges were built in the 1930s - 24 percent - than during any other decade....

Pennsylvania:

... In the six-county, PennDOT District 5 area encompassing the counties of Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Schuylkill Counties, 392 of the 2,136 bridges on the state-maintained system are classified as structurally deficient....

Tennessee:

...he number of bridges carried as structurally deficient is 346 (4.3%) of the bridge population. Functionally obsolete bridges are 1,045 (12.9%) of the population....

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