Chief Structural Engineer News Today

Every city has some significant thoroughfare through which these transportation systems operate. Rochester has the Inner Loop.

Nations roads and rhode island has an unfortunate distinction, percentage wise it has the worst number of bridges and roads in the country. take a look. in providence, construction crews are starting repairs on one of the busiest interchanges in rhode island. it carries 100,000 vehicles a day. when you look beneath the highway, there are clear signs of cracking under the weight of the heavy lod. >> im just touching it and its falling apart. are we safe standing here? >> we are because weve insta...

Are we safe standing here? >> we are because we installed temporary supports under the bridge to pick up the load. >> reporter: you have support beams over here. it looks bad. >> absolutely. and i think that goes to the whole condition of the infrastructure. not only in rhode island but throughout the country. >> reporter: chief structural engineer says repairs are long overdue. >> some supports are over two decades old. >> reporter: rhode island ranks at the bottom of system of our nations high...