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Inspectors poring over bridges in state, nation
Bridge inspectors fanned out across California and the nation Friday, moving swiftly to carry out a federal order to examine all bridges similar in design to the Interstate 35 bridge that collapsed Wednesday in Minneapolis.
The California Department of Transportation dispatched nearly all of its 75 bridge inspectors, calling in several from vacation, to launch visual inspections of the state's 69 steel deck truss bridges, Caltrans spokesman Mark Dinger said. Thirteen are in the Sacramento region.
Among the first to be inspected was the dramatic Foresthill Bridge over the north fork of the American River northeast of Auburn. After several hours of climbing over, under, in and around California's highest bridge, Caltrans inspectors Anthony Fernandes and Tim Campbell observed no signs of trouble.
More at the Sacramento Bee.