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Jul 19, 2008 1:07 pm US/Eastern

Failure To Inspect Concrete Prompted MBTA Delays

BOSTON (AP) ― The discovery by federal transportation officials that inspectors failed to check concrete supports on the Longfellow Bridge has prompted a slowdown on the MBTA's Red Line.

After last summer's fatal bridge collapse in Minnesota, state inspectors tested steel beams and replaced rusty supports on the 102-year old span, which carries Red Line subway trains from Cambridge to Boston.

But the Boston Globe reports that inspectors failed to test the concrete that supports the train tracks.

That prompted the Federal Highway Administration to demand a slowdown from the usual 40 miles per hour to 10 miles-per-hour. Heavy trucks are also banned.

The slowdown will continue at least through the end of the month.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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