&quot;Americans don’t build real bridges anymore, or maintain the ones that we have&quot;<p>I can&#x27;t speak for all bridges in general, but since the author takes the Golden Gate bridge as an example, I can tell you it&#x27;s maintained. Many pieces have been replaced over the (past) 4 years I&#x27;ve crossed it, including structural pieces. Heck they even document some of it &#x2F; how its done on the bridge itself...<p>They also re-built half the Bay bridge from scratch (other side of San Franciso). Granted, for this one the work-force was mainly Chinese (but a large part of it was still American).<p>So yeah, don&#x27;t start off with false facts, specially if you have valid points afterwards, since I&#x27;d generally just stop reading at this point and figure you&#x27;re just full of yourself throw stuff you think sound cool and can&#x27;t be verified.<p>Also here&#x27;s some REAL suspension bridge collapses... it&#x27;s not so far off in some (obviously not all) movies...<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=3mclp9QmCGs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=3mclp9QmCGs</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=zWtYfHS-UL4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=zWtYfHS-UL4</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=DOvLzExOsmA" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=DOvLzExOsmA</a>