A VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPOKESWOMAN SAYS THERE’S NO REASON FOR ALARM ABOUT VIRGINIA BRIDGES IN THE WAKE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA TRAGEDY. V-DOT SPOKESWOMAN DONNA PURCELL MAYES SAID THAT AS FAR AS OFFICIALS KNOW, BRIDGES IN THE COMMONWEALTH ARE IN SAFE CONDITION. SHE SAYS THEY HAVE – QUOTE – NO REASON TO BELIEVE THERE IS ANY BRIDGE IN VIRGINIA THAT’S IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE. MAYES SAID VIRGINIA INSPECTS ITS BRIDGES AT LEAST EVERY TWO YEARS, CONDUCTING SOME 11-TO-12-THOUSAND INSPECTIONS EACH YEAR.