ST. LOUIS (AP) _ A state inspection report shows a St. Louis bridge’s
concrete railing was deteriorating before a car struck it this week, toppling a
chunk of concrete that killed a woman.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports St. Louis released on Wednesday a 2017
Missouri Department of Transportation report calling the underside of the
bridge over Forest Park Parkway “basically intolerable requiring high priority
of replacement.”
A woman crashed into the bridge on Monday. The impact caused concrete to fall
onto 58-year-old Janet Torrisi-Mokwa’s car.
The report gave the bridge the worst rating possible before the structure would
need to be shut down.
Structurally deficient bridges aren’t necessarily considered unsafe or likely
to collapse. The report’s classification indicates load-bearing parts of
the bridge have been damaged and require significant maintenance.
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