[Teakwood]

Originally Posted by Eveningsong

Fun fact: The bridge is "functionally obsolete" not falling apart in pieces.

http://nymag.com/news/features/tappa...-2/index1.html

Thus the deteriorating concrete, which falls off the bridge in chunks, sometimes creating holes in the roadway through which the river below can be seen. Forty-five such “punch-throughs” were recorded in the eighteen months prior to a 2009 engineering assessment of the bridge, which estimated that nearly 60 percent of the deck needed to be replaced. The state has spent $750 million over the past decade on maintenance and estimates it would cost around $100 million a year to keep it operating in the absence of a replacement.

Literally falling apart in pieces.