The state Department of Transportation will begin repair work soon on an Alaska Highway bridge over the Johnson River south of Delta Junction that was damaged in October when a truck hauling an oversize load banged into several of the bridge’s overhead trusses. That’s the same kind of damage that led to the collapse last month of a bridge with a similar design in Washington state. Transportation officials say the Johnson River bridge and five others in Alaska that have sustained damage to overhead trusses are all safe to use. And as KUAC’s Tim Ellis reports, safety is not the main reason the state wants to replace such bridges.
State Seeks to Replace Overhead Truss Bridges for Taller Oversize Truckloads
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
