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wow, that bridge.....

mond
wow..........a tragedy(Miniappolis) ,my heart goes out to the family's there, must have been a real heart stopper to be on the old thing, imagine , no way back!! yuk...[:0].....

looks like the emergency services got it in hand tho..[:)]
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  • zipperzap
    Sad thing is ... it's not old, for a bridge.

    I'd imagine we are going to see more of this since our
    roads and highways are approaching gridlock every
    day in our cities.

    Just came back from Portland, OR at 'rush hour' and it's
    worse than many places I've been. Getting pretty bad all
    over - stuff wears out.
    [:(]
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  • mond
    was it built in the 60's when few motors were about,& the trucks wern't so heavy etc.. & was it recently undergoing resroration work??

    all will be well..[;)]..its a wake up call for the civil engineers.
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  • zipperzap
    Well, as I understand it ... they were resurfacing part of it - no major
    structural work. I believe it was built in 1967.

    The problem is the AMOUNT of traffic is stressing some of these bridges
    out. As I recall, about 140,000 cars a day cross that bridge. That might
    be a factor. Lots of vibration stress on lots of bridge designs.

    It's a crap shoot.
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  • Colt Super
    Traffic in OryGun is really terrible, all over the state.

    It takes 3 hours to make a lane change.

    We do however, love bicycles and often have riders 8 or 10 abreast riding down the centers of our roads.

    Also, a lot of cattle wonder around on our highways, and many bridges collapse on a regular basis, because we spend all of our tax money nurturing the vast crowds of criminal mexicans that live here.

    Come visit Orygun, but come armed.

    Doug
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  • AHansen
    Real sad. Scary thing is, i was just on the bridge 3 weeks ago. My heart goes out to those families of the missing motorists.
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  • Don McManus
    Minneapolis / St. Paul used to use incredible amounts of salt in the winter (this according to wifey who grew up there). Cars rusted away quickly, etc.

    Dollars to dog biscuits that there will be a lot of spalled concrete. and rusted through re-bar found during the investigation.
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