The Worst-Rated Bridge in All 50 States

America's worst bridge isn't the one on the news. It's the one with the longest gap between the inspection report and the repair. Retired inspector Walter Briggs walks through the public record. He starts with the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore and the vulnerability assessment that was never done. Then he goes through 15 years of repair recommendations on Pittsburgh's Fern Hollow Bridge before it fell in 2022. He explains how the federal 0 to 9 rating system works, and why "Poor" doesn't mean unsafe but does mean a clock is running. Finally he names the busy interstate bridge that best fits his test: rated Poor since at least 2011, carrying tens of thousands of vehicles a day, with a replacement that only broke ground in 2026. At the end, you'll learn how to look up the condition rating of the bridge you drive every day. Walter Briggs is a narrator character. Every fact, date and rating in this video comes from the public records linked below. Sources: NTSB Final Report on the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse (HIR-24-02): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/A... NTSB, 68 U.S. bridges recommended for vessel-strike risk assessment (March 2025): https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-relea... Congressional Research Service, Baltimore Bridge Collapse FAQ (R48028): https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/... FHWA National Bridge Inventory, Bridge Condition by Highway System 2026: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/n... Federal Register, I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge Record of Decision (2024): https://www.federalregister.gov/docum... FHWA LTBP InfoBridge, look up any U.S. bridge: https://infobridge.fhwa.dot.gov/