{"id":39378,"date":"2025-07-31T10:15:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/bridge-collapse-in-pickens-co-raises-concerns-for-aging-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:15:03","slug":"bridge-collapse-in-pickens-co-raises-concerns-for-aging-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/bridge-collapse-in-pickens-co-raises-concerns-for-aging-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge Collapse in Pickens Co. Raises Concerns for Aging Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N2pH_5W2rh8?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>A recent bridge collapse in a rural county has sparked renewed concern over the condition of aging infrastructure across the region. Transportation officials say a significant portion of bridges are past their intended service life, and the problem is only expected to grow over the next decade. A 2021 report gave the state\u2019s bridges a D+ rating, citing the strain from a rapidly growing population and frequent use by overweight vehicles. Authorities are now working to secure funding and repairs to prevent further collapses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent bridge collapse in a rural county has sparked renewed concern over the condition of aging infrastructure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}