>> My name is William Lynes and I am a Senior Civil Engineer at PennDot.
I've got a couple different job titles, I'm the Local Bridge Inspection Coordinator,
I make sure municipalities in the cities, in the counties, inspect their bridge is on time.
And I'm also at Centers of BMS Coordinator or I handle all that data,
I make sure that that's presented to the Feds properly.
Any given day, I have no idea what's going to pop up emergencies,
people need different information, the News might need different information.
That's one of the cool things about my jobs, I never really know what to expect
but it's always something that keeps me on my toes.
A busy day might include a couple requests from our district executive whose in charge
of the whole this area PennDot, he might want, you know, a report or different pieces
of information to present to the News and I'll have anywhere from no time
to maybe a couple of hours to get it to him.
I'll have to look into our data basis, I'll have to pull reports, I'll have to pull data,
and I'll have to present that in a way that he can digest
that into talking points to give to the media.
In the City of Pittsburgh there's something like 1600 bridges.
But, that's what do you consider a bridge?
That's the controversy.