I read somewhere some time ago that one bridge collapses every day in the U.S. Obviously there are a lot of bridges, and unless it's one near you, a major one, or somebody was killed, you wouldn't hear much about it. You would hardly expect little country bridges to be well maintained, but I guess somebody inspects them??

What made me remember that little factoid was hearing on the radio today that a fear of going over bridges is among the "top ten phobias" in the U.S. I guess it's like flying, lots of people afraid of it but it's pretty safe compared to other methods of travelling. And like bridges, when something does go wrong, usually you're screwed.

In this case I think it's pretty amazing that so few people were trapped in cars in the water. Or perhaps many were vacationers and nobody would really know they're missing yet??