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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington in New York

Pittsburgh bridge collapses hours before Biden’s infrastructure speech in city

A Port Authority bus that was on the bridge when it collapsed on 28 January is visible through trees in Pittsburgh’s East End.
A Port Authority bus that was on the bridge when it collapsed on 28 January is visible through trees in Pittsburgh’s East End. Photograph: Matt Freed/AP

It would be hard to imagine a more dramatic way to illustrate the need for investment in US infrastructure that Joe Biden spoke about in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Friday.

Hours before his visit and just four miles from where the president was scheduled to speak, one of Pittsburgh’s major car bridges collapsed.

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