President Biden is visiting the city today in a pre-planned visit to Carnegie Mellon University’s Mill 19 research hub, where, ironically, he is expected to deliver a speech on the dire need for infrastructure investment in Pittsburgh and the rest of the country. The Biden Administration recently added another $27 billion in federal funding earmarked especially for bridges to the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Multiple investigations between 2011 and 2017 revealed the bridge to be in poor condition, according to the Pittburgh Post-Gazette.

“One man told me that the bridge he traveled on every day is a tragedy waiting to happen,” Biden said only a week ago while announcing the additional funding. “One woman wrote that a bridge near the center of her town had to be closed and now drivers and tourists bypass downtown, conjointly devastating local businesses. And one person wrote to me to say, quote, ‘This is your chance to show the people in my area that they matter to you.’ End of quote. I hear you.”