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Quantum sensors could spot hidden damage in the thousands of US bridges rated ‘structurally deficient’
Alex Krasnok, Florida International University Every bridge has parts that drivers never see: steel buried in concrete, welds tucked under girders, and soil packed around foundations below the waterline. A bridge can look fine from the road while rust spreads around steel hidden…
Every bridge has parts that drivers never see: steel buried in concrete, welds tucked under girders, and soil packed around foundations below the waterline. A bridge can look fine from the road while rust spreads around steel hidden inside concrete. A small fatigue crack can lengthen. A flood can wash soil away from a pier. By the time cracks, loose concrete or lane closures appear, the cheapest repair window may already have closed.
When it comes to these damaged bridges, this problem is national. The United States has more than 624,000 highway bridges. …
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Sourced from Miami's Community Newspapers · indexed by Statura on June 19, 2026. Statura indexes Florida political news and tags it by industry and jurisdiction so government-affairs teams can monitor signal without scanning every outlet by hand. Read the full story at Miami's Community Newspapers ↗