By EMILY SKEHAN
“None of our county bridges are unsafe,” said Don Wolfe, Director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works.
Ten county bridges are on the Federal list of Bridges that are structurally deficient, according to Wolfe, stressing that the designation means the bridges are a priority for rehabilitation or replacement, not that they are unsafe.
The greatest threat to county bridges remains the impact of a major earthquake. An extensive effort has been underway for a number of years to strengthen the bridges in the state against earthquakes. There are approximately 71 bridges left to be seismically retrofitted or upgraded in the county; 16 in the city of Los Angeles.
For more information about the Department of Public Works, go to: http://dpw.lacounty.gov.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 14, 2007. Read the original PDF.