Bridge Structural Deficiency Confirmed by Inspection
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/137#Bridge_Structural_Deficiency_Confirmed_by_Inspection
Properties
Instance of
StructurallyDeficientBridgeOpentoTrafficState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#StructurallyDeficientBridgeOpentoTrafficState
Active period
From the non-engineer-directed reopening with crutch piles through the observation of frightening bridge movement and overweight vehicle use
Affected parties
County Commission
Engineer A
General public
Log truck and tanker operators
School children (school buses detour)
State and federal transportation departments
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Subject
The 1950s concrete-deck-on-wood-piles bridge, 280 feet long, 30 feet above stream
Terminated by
Not terminated within the case facts; bridge remains open with overweight traffic
Triggering event
Non-engineer public works director directed reopening after crutch pile installation, without engineering verification
Urgency level
critical
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A observes that traffic is flowing and the movement of the bridge is frightening
Text references
Engineer A observes that traffic is flowing and the movement of the bridge is frightening
Log trucks and tankers cross it on a regular basis
School buses go around it
a decision was made to install two crutch piles under the bridge and to open the bridge with a 5-ton limit
TTL
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case137:Bridge_Structural_Deficiency_Confirmed_by_Inspection a proeth:StructurallyDeficientBridgeOpentoTrafficState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Bridge Structural Deficiency Confirmed by Inspection" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the non-engineer-directed reopening with crutch piles through the observation of frightening bridge movement and overweight vehicle use" ;
proeth:affectedparties "County Commission",
"Engineer A",
"General public",
"Log truck and tanker operators",
"School children (school buses detour)",
"State and federal transportation departments" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "137" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T05:17:09.660763+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "137" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T05:17:09.660763+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A observes that traffic is flowing and the movement of the bridge is frightening" ;
proeth:stateclass "Structurally Deficient Bridge Open to Traffic State" ;
proeth:subject "The 1950s concrete-deck-on-wood-piles bridge, 280 feet long, 30 feet above stream" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Not terminated within the case facts; bridge remains open with overweight traffic" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A observes that traffic is flowing and the movement of the bridge is frightening",
"Log trucks and tankers cross it on a regular basis",
"School buses go around it",
"a decision was made to install two crutch piles under the bridge and to open the bridge with a 5-ton limit" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Non-engineer public works director directed reopening after crutch pile installation, without engineering verification" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "critical" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 137 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T05:45:21.983703"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 137 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
137
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T05:17:09.660763+00:00
First case
137
Generated
2026-03-01T05:17:09.660763+00:00
Attributed to
Case 137 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T05:45:21.983703
Generated by
ProEthica Case 137 Extraction