"If one of the state's certified bridge inspectors plummets to his death through a hole in the bridge deck, or if the bridge collapses under the weight of an inspector's clipboard, that bridge is automatically rated a 0.
If the inspector falls through, but survives, that's rated a 1."
"Bridge rating understandable, in perspective
April 3, 2008
Ed Shamy
Free Press Staff Writer
Our state highway department considers the surface of the bridge between Winooski and Burlington to be in fair condition, so-so, middle-of-the-road if you will.
Silence.
Yeah, that's what I thought, too.
How could anyone with a straight face describe those 359 gelatinous feet as fair condition?..."
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