HELSINKI (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd August, 2018) The Finnish Transport Agency said Thursday that more than 600 bridges of the 15,000 it is responsible for were in poor condition.
"The condition of bridges in Finland is estimated on a five-point scale. Category 1 is �very poor condition, and Category 2 means �poor. There are 630 bridges in these two categories," the agency said in a statement.
In Europe, the maximum permissible weight of the truck was 40 tonnes, while in Finland it was 76 tonnes, and it was also possible to get a special permit to transport an even heavier payload, according to Yle news outlet. This regulation negatively impacts the state of Finnish bridges.
On August 14, a section of the Morandi Bridge in the northern Italian city of Genoa collapsed, leaving over 40 people dead. Following the incident, many countries started reviewing the state of own infrastructure.
