A morning radio personality reported a significant "bump" at the end of the bridge. Upon inspection, and bridges are fully inspected a minimum of 2 years, the bridge seats on the end support, i.e., abutment, had cracked and slipped from the anchor bolts for the support bearings. The taller concrete bearing pads, to account for the side slope of the deck, were supposed to be reinforced with rebar stirrups since concrete is weak in tension. The other contributing factor was the Lucite®️ bearing at the first pier. It had a slot to allow span expansion but, upon installation, had the retaining nut tightened down much too snugly, preventing the longitudinal expansion movement. Thus, a lot of the expansion force was in the abutment end, cracking the unreinforced concrete seat/pads that dropped a few inches, creating the "bump." The bridge was about 25 years old at the time of the failure. Sometime, in a relevant thread, I'll share the other scary situation we found while on the reconnaissance inspection for this issue. ** Edited by TomTurkey at 7/17/2026, 10:28:45 AM