LANSING — The Michigan Department of Transportation is sounding the alarm on the state of Michigan’s bridges.

The department’s chief bridge engineer testified before a state House committee this week, warning that failing bridge infrastructure risks the safety of drivers and Michigan’s economy.

Out of around 4,500 state-owned bridges, nearly 280 are in poor condition, and more than a hundred are at a high risk of closure in the next decade.

The department’s chief bridge engineer Rebecca Curtis says they only have enough funding to replace less than 10 bridges a year, under current funding plans.

“We have been losing ground,” she said. “As the amount of good bridges has decreased over time, and the amount of fair is this looming need that has increased, and as our funding has no longer

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