John Roebling’s 1888 masterpiece, The Brooklyn Bridge, the nation’s first suspension bridge, is under the watchful eye of the National Transportation Safety Board in 2025 for not having had a proper risk assessment for a marine bridge strike.
John Roebling’s 1888 masterpiece, The Brooklyn Bridge, the nation’s first suspension bridge, is under the watchful eye of the National Transportation Safety Board in 2025 for not having had a proper risk assessment for a marine bridge strike. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman)

NTSB says that the agencies that control six iconic bridges over waterways in New York City need to assess the safety levels of the spans to asses their ability to withstand collisions with ships.

Troubled Bridges over Waters?
26 Mar 2025 | 07:26
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Six bridges that span either tidal waterways or major rivers in the five boroughs have been tagged as in need of evaluation for levels of risk collapse from a vessel collision as part of a nationwide call to safeguard bridges from vessel strikes following last year’s fatal collapse of Baltimore’s Scott...

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