The Rickett Road Bridge Jan 2025
The Rickett Road Bridge outside my office is so old that is cannot be repaired. It has holes in the middle! It will be replaced this summer.
How Do You Fix an Old Bridge?
It takes a lot of money to build and repair bridges.
By some estimates, it will take 100 years to fix the roads in Michigan*. Who owns these bridges? When was the last inspection? What is the rating? This lesson analyzes actual transportation data using Statistical Functions in Excel to answer important questions:
Reference: *Michigan’s bridges are bad — and a fix could take nearly a century
https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/05/14/interactive-bridges-michigan-roads/2305976002/
