Own goal

摘要

In january,with less than a day's notice, the mayor of Miami-Dade ordered the closure of the westbound lanes of Bear Cut Bridge, creating a disastrous bottleneck on the only route between downtown Miami and the posh island suburb of Key Biscayne. Engineers from Florida's Department of Transportation (fdot) had inspected the bridge last June and deemed it in need of repair but sound enough to remain in use for the time being. But by the time of the next inspection, in December, the corrosion of the steel girders supporting the bridge had accelerated alarmingly, rendering it unsafe. Local drivers now face a year of delays and taxpayers an unexpected repair bill.