This article written in the Los Angeles Times newspaper on August 1st ties into the topic of structure failing. The piece was printed in the paper was about the bridge in Minneapolis on the interstate 35W that collapsed. Thirteen people were killed while one hundred were brutally injured. 152,000 highways are listed in the Federal Highway Administration are being classified as broken or obsolete. A bad economy has prevented the renovation to the nation’s bridges that are needed. $140 billion dollars is the approximated total cost to fix all the bridges or highways that have flaws or faults in the nation. People can be several hurt in the process of our nation’s budget being too tight to fix freeway bridges across the country. A bill was passed for $1 million dollars by the United States House. It will cost more than money if the freeways and bridges are not fixed. It will cost people their lives if something is not done in order to improve these conditions. Hopefully, with the presidential election up and coming very soon, we will elect a man that will help and uplift the citizens of the United States of America. There is some much needed process to our beloved nation. All we can do is hope and try to elect someone who will do what is right or our country. The fixing of the bridges will save lives and put away the fear of not being safe while driving. We need to save and fix the economy in order to preserve the safety of our people.
