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Three Oregon bridges identified in NTSB's nationwide urgent safety assessment
The National Transportation Safety Board has now issued 4 urgent recommendations on bridges in Oregon ... "We welcome this new assessment because it will help us better understand risks at both ...
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Major U.S. bridges at high risk of being struck by ships
Ships are highly likely to collide with major bridges across the United States, with potentially catastrophic collisions happening every few years, according to preliminary findings of an urgent ...
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One year after Baltimore bridge collapse, NTSB finds 68 US bridges need to be assessed for risk of collapse if hit by ship
Sixty-eight bridges across the US should be assessed to see if they ... to undertake immediate vulnerability assessments. The four urgent safety recommendations are part of the National Transporta ...
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Newport’s Pell Bridge begins vulnerability assessment, as recommended for dozens of US bridges after Baltimore collapse
As part of its investigation into the collapse, the NTSB said last month it found dozens of bridges in the United States ... assessment. “The NTSB is vitally interested in these urgent ...
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Federal help sought in Memorial Bridge collapse risk assessment
PORTSMOUTH — New Hampshire’s congressional delegation is asking a federal agency to assist the state in assessing the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth for risk of collapse due to a vessel strike ...
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NTSB makes ‘urgent' safety recommendations from Key Bridge collapse probe
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is issuing urgent safety ... recommended safety assessment before the collapse. That calculation could have shown the Key Bridge was at a heightened ...
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Maryland officials should have known Key Bridge was vulnerable: NTSB
The NTSB will issue an urgent recommendation to bridge authorities to do an assessment, the agency chair said. Among the authorities she named for reporters Thursday were: the Bay Area Toll ...
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New Hampshire congressional delegation calls for risk assessment of Portsmouth's Memorial Bridge
INSURANCE.COM. NEW HAMPSHIRE’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IS CALLING FOR AN URGENT RISK ASSESSMENT OF PORTSMOUTH’S MEMORIAL BRIDGE. TODAY THEY SENT A LETTER TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ...
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Major Houston-area bridges identified as ‘high risk’ — Here’s what we know
HOUSTON — A recent report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), released Thursday has raised urgent ... Bridges from Vessel Strikes: Need for Vulnerability Assessment and Risk ...
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NTSB: MDTA failed to conduct assessment of Key Bridge that could have warned of vulnerability
Maryland failed to assess the Francis Scott Key Bridge ... vulnerability assessment needs to be completed. "I also drive over the Bay Bridge at times. The reason we are issuing urgent safety ...
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MDTA missed critical Key Bridge vulnerability assessment prior to collapse, NTSB says
The NTSB told 30 owners of 68 bridges ... assessment would not have prevented the collapse, but other safety measures could've been put in place to avoid the tragedy. The NTSB also issued urgent ...