Washington, D.C. When the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh fell into a ravine earlier this year, just before President Joe Biden visited the area, it came to represent the nation’s crumbling infrastructure.
Biden took a detour to assess the scene, where cars were stuck on pieces of road and many people were hurt, and he assured them that help was on the way.
When the Democratic president visits Pittsburgh on Thursday, fewer than three weeks before the midterm elections, he wants to use the bridge as a symbol of his administration’s accomplishments.
The construction of a new span could be finished by December. The faster schedule is credited by the White House to the bipartisan infrastructure package that Biden championed.
The law is one of Biden’s most prominent accomplishments during his first two years in office, and he frequently highlights its significance while visiting highways, airports, and seaports across the nation. Bridges receive around $40 billion of the roughly $1 trillion in spending.
John Fetterman, the Democrat running for the U. S. Senate in Pennsylvania, is expected to be on hand when Biden visits the bridge.
After that, Biden intends to make a trip in Philadelphia for a fundraiser with Fetterman in an effort to recover funds depleted by one of the most expensive campaigns of the year.
Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz and Republican Sen. Pat Toomey are vying for the Senate seat that Toomey is leaving vacant. Democrats will have a much better chance of keeping control of the Senate if Fetterman prevails.
Biden was born in Pennsylvania, and the state remains central to his political identity.
He will visit the state for the 14th time since taking office on Thursday. He already has a 15th trip planned for the following week, when he’s anticipated to visit Philadelphia once more for a political function.
Biden proposes a bridge in Pittsburgh as a symbol of reconstruction
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