Each day, an estimated 72,500 vehicles cross a bridge on the southbound lanes of Highway 101 over railroad tracks at the Montalvo Metrolink station in Ventura.

In Santa Barbara County, bridges on the northbound and southbound lanes of Highway 101 over San Jose Creek, west of Highway 217 in Goleta, carry about 60,500 vehicles every day.

And in northern San Luis Obispo County, a Highway 101 bridge in Templeton takes about 31,000 vehicles every day over Las Tablas Road.

All of these bridges are considered to be in “poor” condition by the Federal Highway Administration, making them some of the highest-trafficked bridges in the tri-county region with a “poor” rating.

According to FHA data, there are at least 71 bridges in the region in poor condition, including some along Highway 101 and major arterial roads that see tens of thousands of vehicles each day. Santa Barbara County has 30 bridges in poor condition, San Luis Obispo County has 24 and Ventura County has 17.

There are 1,309 total bridges across the tri-counties in the FHA’s database; 53% are rated in “good” condition and 41% in “fair” shape. The federal database uses bridge records included in the 2020 National Bridge Inventory, a collection of bridge element data submitted to the FHA by states and federal agencies.

The bridge that collapsed Jan. 28 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was rated “poor” by the FHA. However, a “poor” rating does not mean a bridge is “necessarily unsafe to drive on,” said John Waddell, a deputy director of the San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department.

Bridges found to be in “poor” condition need “a significant amount of work” and have “appropriate restrictions,” such as weight limitations, Waddell said.

“There’s signage or traffic control to reduce risk, so you don’t have a large city bus driving over a bridge and it collapses like in Pennsylvania,” he said.

Bridges in “fair” condition are showing some wear and might need maintenance work in the future, Waddell said, but many don’t have any repairs currently recommended.

San Luis Obispo County has plans to replace several bridges rated “poor” and perform significant repair work to get others out of the “poor” category, but it’s a multi-year process, Waddell said.

https://www.pacbiztimes.com/2022/02/10/federal-state-authorities-flag-71-bridges-in-tri-county-region-as-poor/

A burgeoning effort to replicate Canada’s “Freedom Convoy” protest here in the United States shows every sign of becoming mired in dysfunction, as adherents of diverging conspiracy theories struggle to find common cause to ignite their own nationwide trucker-themed movement.

Calls to stage a protest Sunday at the Super Bowl in Inglewood, California, for example, were met with mixed reactions throughout the week, as Americans hoping to siphon off momentum from their vaccine-mandate-opposed neighbors to the north clashed in a host of right-wing forums over, quite literally, which direction they should go.

https://gizmodo.com/freedom-truckers-super-bowl-us-convoy-telegram-facebook-1848523717

cross the border into Canada are being diverted to Western New York because of an ongoing protest deemed the 'convoy' at the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

For two straight nights, the additional truck traffic has led to backups at the Peace Bridge. Western New York's other border crossings however have faired much better.

https://www.wgrz.com/article/traffic/diverted-truckers-backup-at-peace-bridge-wny-convoy-protest-planned-buffalo/71-f2b222fe-3a9c-4fe5-a086-500180da0c4a

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Truckers attempting to cross the border into Canada are being diverted to Western New York because of an ongoing protest deemed the 'convoy' at the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

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Buffalo and Niagara Falls are going to be lit up green in February! Coming up the weekend of the 25th of February, The City of Buffalo, Niagara Falls and the Peace Bridge will be all lit up green to support an initiative of the local group WNY Lyme's special even that has girls on the ice!

https://wyrk.com/buffalo-green-niagara-falls-peace-bridge/