The deck of Sorrels Overpass looks like a patchwork quilt stretched 153 feet over Interstate 70. It supports hundreds of vehicles a day; commuters, shoppers, students, the not-so-infrequent 20-plus-ton cement mixer.
Crumbling Crossings
Nearly a fifth of the county’s highway bridges are rated deficient, with lack of money for upkeep drawing most of the blame
Friday, May 18, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 11:51 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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