PennDOT Will Release PA Bridge Scores After All

What a difference 24 hours makes!

From the story: Under pressure from lawmakers, Transportation Secretary Allen Biehler reversed course [last night] and said PennDOT would release numerical ratings of steel deck truss bridges in Pennsylvania similar to the Minneapolis bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi River one week ago.

Biehler earlier notified the House State Government Committee that he had a scheduling conflict and could not attend [yesterday's] hearing. PennDOT denied newspapers' requests for the numerical scores of the 54 bridges -- 21 of which are in Allegheny County. Read more…

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