Somerville infrastructure going to hell

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"State inspectors are looking for loose concrete on an overpass on the McGrath Highway in Somerville, after debris fell from the bridge earlier today.

Adam Hurtubise, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, said inspectors will remove any loose material to prevent another fall.

He said an engineer hired by the agency was performing a routine inspection of the bridge when he heard the debris shatter. Hurtubise couldn't say exactly when the fall occured.

A chunk of concrete about half the size of a cinder block fell from the bridge, Hurtubise said. It was last inspected about a year ago. "


http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2010/01/debris_falls_from_mcgrath_high.html


PS. Interesting SN thread regarding this: http://www.thesomervillenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=3000

Comments

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think a nice drive over the mcgrath on a pleasant and low-traffic day provides a very interesting type of scenery, a view of a very different urban landscape from a lot of the rest of the area. I love to include it in pleasure drives out to memorial and storrow.

Hopefully whatever remedial action occurs has positive results.