[supercat]

I wonder if there are more bridges like this.

Maybe I'm cynical, but which makes more economic sense for a state: (1) spend state tax dollars to properly maintain a bridge, or (2) spend those state tax dollars on something else; when the bridge fails as a result, let the federal government use other people's tax dollars to rebuild it.

[ThePythonicCow]

but which makes more economic sense for a state

May I humbly suggest "economic sense" is a dismal mechanism for understanding the actions of a state.