Truck Hauling Mining Dump Truck Hits Bridge in Nashville

[Brian556]

The worst damage to a beam I've ever seen:
https://www.facebook.com/myTDOT1/photos/pcb.10155364440987551/10155364440352551/?type=3&theater

Multiple Posts on TDOT Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/myTDOT1/

[froggie]

"The truck was not properly permitted to be on any middle Tennessee area roadways."

From a TDOT press release....

[Tom958]

They'll probably pull construction crews off current jobs in Memphis just to fix this because somehow "Nashville is more important" .

I'm sure they'll do whatever it takes to get it reopened ASAP. That said, I'd bet that the lead time for a replacement steel beam will be longer than that required for the AASHTO beams at the W. T. Sherman Bridge. I wonder if they'll go for something else instead.

[froggie]

^ Doubtful.  TDOT press conference yesterday suggested they'd keep traffic on the existing bridge and replace the beam instead of the whole bridge.  They'll be able to keep 2 lanes on the bridge once restriping is done this weekend...they just won't have shoulders until the permanent repairs are completed.

[hbelkins]

They'll probably pull construction crews off current jobs in Memphis just to fix this because somehow "Nashville is more important" .

There's the matter of an emergency fix to an existing road vs. a normal construction project. I think that qualifies as a good reason.

[Sykotyk]

"The truck was not properly permitted to be on any middle Tennessee area roadways."

From a TDOT press release....

That's a little lampshading there....


He's overheight. So, by definition he wouldn't be legal on any roadway without a permit. he probably just didn't realize he was over based on the height he was told the vehicle was (probably was to be hauled with the tires flat OR removed).

[froggie]

Every state allows overheight/overweight trucks to some degree, but they must be permitted and have a specific route designated before travel.  This guy was permitted through western Tennessee, but not the Nashville area.

[hbelkins]

Word around here that the hauler is a Kentucky company with a history of such incidents.

[bigdave]

Word around here that the hauler is a Kentucky company with a history of such incidents.

Wow. I bet they are going to get a really big bill from TnDoT. 

[SP Cook]

And they should.  Every state DOT has a unit that recovers for road damage, from taking out a few feet of guardrail to something like this.