New York bridge gets stuck open after getting too hot

Steven Saus@midwest.social to News@lemmy.world – 402 points –
New York bridge gets stuck open after getting too hot
bbc.com

Third Avenue Bridge, which connects New York's the Bronx to Manhattan, got stuck in an open position due to the high heat on Monday.

FDNY officers arrived in boats and fired water at the structure to try and cool down the metal, which expanded after high temperatures in the city, officials say.

The incident caused major traffic delays during one of the hottest days of the year in New York but reopened on the same day.

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It’s obviously Joe Biden’s fault. Bridgocide Joe.

You joke, but Kathy Hocul and Andrew Cuomo have been underfunding transit for over a decade.

This is absolutely a problem of "business friendly" Democrats diverting funding for basic public services to their corporate buddies at Amazon, across Wall Street, in the NYPD, and in the publicly subsidized sports arena racket.