IRE Resources and Data - Bridge resources

One person was killed and seven others injured when a section of a bridge under construction in Napa, Calif., collapsed. From new construction to aging infrastructure, IRE and NICAR offer resources for journalists to examine their own bridges and construction.

The IRE Resource Center offers several stories and tipsheets to guide journalists, including The Hartford Courant's special section on bridge inspections in Connecticut a year after a fatal bridge collapse, Dateline NBC's investigation to reveal the deteriorating and potentially dangerous condition of thousands of bridges, and a series of stories by the Tampa Tribune detailing the premature corrosion of the Sunshine Skyway and other post-tensioned concrete bridges in Florida.

If you're not an IRE member, both Lynne and Gail are. We'll be happy to order stories for you utilizing our discounts.