wrote:
On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:17:39 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I doubt very much that the bridges in Florida are subjected to the
amount of salt corrosion that the bridges up here are subjected to.
Down there you get plenty of rain that rinses any salt spray that wind
might deposit on them. Up here the salting starts with the first
freezing sleet or snow and continues all winter. It's only swept up
in the spring.

The rain is on top of the bridge and the salt is on the bottom. We
also have a dry season for several months a year when the wind is
blowing hard and it just does not rain.
The water temperature makes a big difference too,.
I suppose the real answer would be, how much money makes it to road
and bridge maintenance (per mile and per bridge foot). I bet we win.
If you really have that much more of a harsh environment, you should
be spending more money than we do.

We have salt, etc. we also have crap roads. Lots of potholes, and some of
the highest taxes in the country. We also have a highway trust fund with
probably in excess of a $billion in IOU's from the general fund. Now they
want to raise taxes to fix roads. A couple years ago we passed an
proposition to only spend highway dollars on roads, unless we are in a
fiscal crises. We are always in a fiscal crises, we have by far the most
people on welfare. And this is a Democrat run and controlled state!