Biden visits site of Pittsburgh's collapsed bridge

A bridge spanning a ravine collapsed in Pittsburgh. The collapse early Friday came hours before President Joe Biden was to visit the city to promote his $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes bridge maintenance.

The bridge collapse - which caused no fatalities but prompted rescuers to form a human chain to retrieve people from a bus - offered Biden a striking example of what he has declared is an urgent need for investments in the country's infrastructure.

The steel span was built in 1970, and a 2019 inspection revealed the deck and superstructure to be in poor condition, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Bridge Inventory.

The infrastructure law signed by Biden has earmarked about $1.6 billion for Pennsylvania bridge maintenance, with tens of billions more for public transit, highway maintenance and broadband internet expansion in the state.