The California Desert Collapse

An interstate bridge in the California desert collapsed recently as heavy rains scoured away the land the depleted bridge was anchored to.The bridge for years has been a major throughway between the cities of Los Angeles and Phoenix as many cars use the bridge to get to there destination.Which caused the collapse was ,water hurrying through an ordinarily dry desert chasm disintegrating the area around the bridge, bringing about one side of the eastward interstate to fall and causing the closure of the westward side.California Department of Transportation spokesperson Vanessa Williams said, “bridge should have been fine if the flood came straight down the gully, this time it swept through at an angle that pushed the water to one bank, digging