ST. LOUIS (AP) _ A St. Louis official says the bridge a woman was driving under when she was killed by a 1-ton chunk of falling concrete is structurally sound, although federal officials have rated it as deficient.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 58-year-old Janet Torrisi-Mokwa died Monday when another woman drove into the bridge, causing the concrete to fall. City operations director Todd Waelterman says 57-year-old bridge wasn’t compromised and has been reopened.
National data shows the U.S. Department of Transportation rated the bridge as structurally deficient in 2016. The classification indicates load-bearing parts of the bridge have been damaged and require “significant maintenance and repair to remain in service.”
Waelterman says the bridge is on the city’s radar to be replaced, a process that could take a decade.
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