![]() ![]() During this period, construction materials other than timber-stronger and longer-lasting materials-became the norm, thus saving lives.", A scheduled plan to inspect structures for repairs or replacement prior to failure began to occur. With the information afforded through inspections and additional funding mechanisms, counties by the mid-1980s had the tools to be proactive toward bridge maintenance. ![]() Changes began to occur with the Silver Bridge disaster in 1967 over the Ohio River, as the federal government instituted inspection of all public bridges at two-year intervals. The practice was to send the crews out to pick up the pieces and then figure out how to repair or replace the bridge. They depict a county highway department that was only reactive. Many of the photographs are of the wreckage of failed bridges and what is left of the vehicles that brought them down. ![]() ![]() This pictorial history of the spanning of area waterways is mostly a story of disasters. "item_description" : "Knox County had its beginnings at the confluence of the waters of Center Run with the Kokosing River. ![]()
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