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Collapsing
infrastructure. Apparently 70+ thousand bridges in the US are in need
of repair. Listen to James
Howard Kunstler on this.
This is how collapse happens.
US
89 south of Page buckles, collapses
20 February, 2013
A
northern Arizona roadway is closed after the pavement collapsed
Wednesday.
The
Arizona Department of Transportation says a 150-foot section of US 89
buckled this morning about 25 miles south of Page.
Officials
initially said the cause was not weather related and may be a
"geologic event."
But
after investigation by geotechnical engineers, it was determined the
collapse was due to a landslide.
US
89 is closed northbound at US 89A and in Page US 89 is closed at the
junction with State Route 98.
Drivers
trying to get to Page are advised to take the alternate route that
will put them about 45 miles out of their way.
That
route will take them east on US 160 to SR 98 and north on SR 98 to
Page.
Photos
show the road cracked, buckled and dropped below pavement level.
ADOT
said it doesn’t know how long the road will be closed.
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