When the bridge was constructed, the United States had not entered World War I, and Woodrow Wilson was the President. Slack said it’s unusual for a bridge like this one to have a lifespan that long.

It took just seconds for disaster to strike in the air above the US capital, where two aircraft collided and killed 67 people on Wednesday.

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