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Road and Bridge closes two county bridges after inspections find critical steel deterioration
Summary
Miami County Road and Bridge closed two county bridges April 1 inspections found critical steel deterioration and compromised abutments that made the structures unsafe for traffic.
Matt Oler, Miami County project manager for Road and Bridge, told commissioners on April 16 that structural inspections conducted April 1 found critical steel section loss on two bridges, prompting immediate closures.
The first bridge, identified as Bridge 9-G-0.1 on 330 Fifth Street east of Plum Creek Road, showed severe section loss in longitudinal stringers and failure at connections from floor beams to the through girder. Oler said the inspection found three of five floor beams at those…
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