Inspectors rate sections of the bridge on a 1 to 9 scale, with 9 being in excellent condition, he said.

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After all, what is it worth being able to drive across bridges without fear of plunging to certain death? (By my calculations our bridge failure rate is one in three hundred and fifty thousand).

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South Korea has a problem: It has the highest suicide rate among the OECD countries, and one bridge is responsible for many suicide attempts.

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