AP IMPACT: Tough route for fixing aging bridges

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has so many bridges in need of repair or replacement, and so little money to do the work, that state and local officials say they are engaged in a kind of transportation triage: They fix the most important and vulnerable spans first, nurse along others and, when there’s no hope, order a shutdown.

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