{"id":7355,"date":"2013-02-14T15:12:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T20:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=7355"},"modified":"2013-02-18T21:07:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T02:07:21","slug":"afternoon-read-well-it-certainly-puts-that-car-repair-in-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2013\/02\/14\/afternoon-read-well-it-certainly-puts-that-car-repair-in-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon read: Well, it certainly puts that car repair in perspective…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ogdensburg Prescott bridge, heading north. Photo: Ari Herzog<\/a>, CC some rights reserved<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

I mention today’s “afternoon read” article mostly because I got a real chuckle out of the headline: “Ogdensburg bridge in good shape, but needs $100 million in repairs.”<\/a> That’s from the Watertown Daily Times today.<\/p>\n

So, our car died yesterday and we had it towed to the place that services it. A couple hours later, we were a couple hundred dollars lighter in the wallet than we had been, but our car was in fine working order once again. I can’t imagine how I would have felt had the mechanic come out from “the back” and said, “well, it’s in pretty good shape, but it does need $100 million in repairs.”<\/p>\n

The bridge in question is the Ogdensburg-Prescott international bridge, and for all I know hearing that the bridge only <\/em>needed $100 million spent on it was a gigantic relief to the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority (OBPA).<\/p>\n

Apparently a recent inspection revealed the bridge to be in “satisfactory to good condition”, but with some repairs needed including repainting, fixing steel that’s been “cracked by fatigue”, and an in-depth inspection of the bridge’s main cables and suspenders. That last one alone will cost about $900,000, with a possible total expense of $5 million.<\/p>\n

OBPA Executive Director Wade Davis said the repairs will be funded through a “mosaic” of state and federal grants the organization is seeking, and that the project will take place over the next several years.<\/p>\n

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