COUNTY'S BRIDGES VULNERABLE RETROFITS HAVE TAKEN BACK SEAT TO OTHER TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.(News) From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: March 25, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer

More than 100 bridges and overpasses in Los Angeles County remain vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake, even as the state nears completion of a $2.5 billion, 17-year project to seismically retrofit the structures.

Officials said the city of Los Angeles has 26 bridges that still need to be reinforced and the county has 84.

Some of the structures include bridges and overpasses at Beverly and First streets i...

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