Here’s a dumb question, but...
That looks like at most 75 feet by 125 feet, including both directions. A 12-inch phlange I-beam costs $200 per foot, installed. Let’s say we put solid I-beams all the way across the entire bridge. Why not rebuild the entire bridge with a mass of pure I-beams. You could get that bridge passable again with $2 million in a matter of a few days.
What is WIP?
This story is missing the point on what really matters to the “Woke” people - what are the preferred pronouns of the bridge and each of the people who were responsible for its construction and maintenance.