Collapse of old US 60 Tennessee River bridge

Started by hbelkins, June 22, 2014, 09:42:55 PM

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hbelkins

The old US 60 bridge crossing the Tennessee River near Paducah collapsed today. More specifically, the approach spans on the western side of the river. The cause was movement of the piers due to movement of the soil.

This blog has a number of photos besides the ones at this link:

http://mdmccoy.blogspot.com/2014/06/more-ledbetter-bridge-collapse-photos.html?spref=fb


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.


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ZLoth

Reading the news story, it sounds like they were ready to demolish it anyways. WIth the new US-60 bridge, was it even going to be replaced or just scrapped?
I'm an Engineer. That means I solve problems. Not problems like "What is beauty?", because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems and call them "paychecks".

hbelkins

The new bridge was the replacement. Bids for the demolition came in over estimate and were rejected, else it may have already been demolished before last night.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

Arkansastravelguy

 I hate to see old truss bridges demolished


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hbelkins



Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.



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