| 1968 |
In response to public concern following the collapse of
the Silver Bridge on December 15, 1967, the USDOT
announces a comprehensive program to analyze the safety
of over 703,000 highway and railroad bridges. President
Lyndon Johnson's Task Force on Bridge Safety, headed by
Administrator Lowell Bridwell, will conduct the survey in
cooperation with the State highway agencies, AASHO, the
Association of American Railroads, and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers. "We are giving first priority,"
Bridwell says, "to those bridges built before 1935 which
are carrying highway traffic and those which pass over
deep ravines or water where a collapse might result in
catastrophic loss of life and property."
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