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Title: Following along with the DOT bridge inspecter
Post by: mgk920 on September 23, 2013, 12:50:37 PM
An interesting little bit done by a local TV station in Green Bay, WI:

http://www.wbay.com/story/23489338/2013/09/20/what-an-overpass-bridge-inspection-entails

Enjoy!

Mike
Title: Re: Following along with the DOT bridge inspecter
Post by: 2Co5_14 on September 24, 2013, 01:07:16 PM
One of my summer interships was with a bridge inspection crew in the Boston area.  I remember being at the top of a ladder removing slabs of rust the size of dinner plates to get down to the bare steel and measuring how much structural support was left.  One small section of a bridge was so bad that the concrete roadway slab was the only thing holding it up!  :-o