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PITTSBURGH — Hours before President Joe Biden was to visit Pittsburgh on Friday to tout his infrastructure plan, a bridge with a troubled inspection history collapsed, injuring 10 people and stranding seven vehicles, including a Port Authority bus, on the wrecked structure that spans a ravine in Frick Park.

Built in 1970, the four-lane bridge carries an average of 14,500 vehicles per day

You can’t make this stuff up.

‘Firefighters that were here initially on the scene ... did like a daisy chain with hands just grabbing people and pulling them up,’ fire chief says

The bridge collapse happened hours before president was set to deliver key speech on economy and infrastructure

PITTSBURGH — Ten people were injured Friday morning when the bridge that carries Forbes Avenue over Frick Park collapsed in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood.

There were minor injuries from the collapse but no fatalities, authorities said.

‘Across the country there are 45,000 bridges in poor condition,’ US president says. ‘That is simply just unacceptable’

"This bipartisan infrastructure law is critical to southwest Pennsylvania and the city of Pittsburgh," the city's mayor said.