Have you even been in a major city where there is tons of road and sidewalk construction and seen steel diamond plate or smooth road plates covering unsafe conditions?  Typically the plates are covering an opening in the roadway for water, sewer, gas electrical, replacement, improvement or new construction trenches.  When placing a diamond or smooth plate on a roadway or sidewalk they need to be secured to the pavement for safety of motorist, bicyclist and pedestrians. If the plates are not secured they could cause serious injury or death.

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The Mathews Bridge is a truss bridge located in Jacksonville, FL.  The bridge allows motorists to travel across the St. John’s River to and from downtown Jacksonville.   The Mathews Bridge is fabricated from bare metal grating that can often become slippery.  In recent years, motorists have complained about the bare metal grating bridge becoming extremely dangerous during inclement weather.  In one instance, a woman was killed when her vehicle hit slippery bare metal grating on the bridge causing it to drive off the bridge and into the St. John’s River.

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