Francis Scott Key Bridge (Round 3 I think)

[NE2]

Let's not dick around and get this thread locked like the other two! Facts, not speculation.

Facts are that dolphin dick is round.

[Max Rockatansky]

Let's not dick around and get this thread locked like the other two! Facts, not speculation.

Facts are that dolphin dick is round.

Comprehensive analysis?

[Great Lakes Roads]

Incoming another locked thread... SMH!

[freebrickproductions]

inb4 lock

He's making a list of all the users who are not nodding their heads in rapt attention and he's going to tell Daddy that we're being mean and he's actually full of smartyness. He has a petition with the silent majority to have us all taken down.

I sure hope he doesn't call the Eureka P.D.

Unfortunately I suspect that is the case.  Appealing to Alex didn't work out and as we all know the Code Name for Eureka PD's Alan Legacy Force (ALF) is "daddy."

Is that why ALF hog was all over BlueSky for a while?

[Molandfreak]

[Max Rockatansky]

inb4 lock

He's making a list of all the users who are not nodding their heads in rapt attention and he's going to tell Daddy that we're being mean and he's actually full of smartyness. He has a petition with the silent majority to have us all taken down.

I sure hope he doesn't call the Eureka P.D.

Unfortunately I suspect that is the case.  Appealing to Alex didn't work out and as we all know the Code Name for Eureka PD's Alan Legacy Force (ALF) is "daddy."

Is that why ALF hog was all over BlueSky for a while?

I'm not on Bluesky, but probably?  Remember ALF?  He's back in dolphin form!

[PColumbus73]

Step 1: Beltway makes a provocative statement

Step 2: Forum users are aghast

Step 3: Beltway doubles down

Step 4: Users disprove Beltway's 'evidence'

Step 5: Beltway triples down

Step 6: Users clown him.

Step 7: Beltway: "It's the user's fault for flooding the threads with nonsense and distracting from reasonable debate _{and not agreeing that I'm right about everything.}"

Step 8: Thread gets locked

Step 9: Repeat steps 1-9

Step 10: ... Profit?

[kphoger]

We're just skipping straight to steps 5–7 these days.  There's no longer any reason for steps 1–4.

[formulanone]

We're just skipping straight to steps 5–7 these days.  There's no longer any reason for steps 1–4.

Step 10 is getting made-up words into search engine optimization.

[Max Rockatansky]

We're just skipping straight to steps 5–7 these days.  There's no longer any reason for steps 1–4.

Step 10 is getting made-up words into search engine optimization.

The forum is still number four on Google this morning.  Yahoo hasn't caught on quite yet.

[kphoger]

According to the Alanland Approved Lexicon of Articulations, Names, Locutions, Address, Numerology, and Definitions (Alanlandalanland):

implease [verb]
: to pleasure one's goat coitally through the introduction of one or more foreign objects, typically made of soft rubber or resinous material, into one's umbilicus or axilla

impleasable [adjective]
: possessing the ability or willingness to implease one's goat

impleasant [adjective]
: (typically of a goat,) in the state of having been recently impleased

[Max Rockatansky]

Thank you for the actual citation.  Going the extra mile certainly counts.

[Scott5114]

We're just skipping straight to steps 5–7 these days.  There's no longer any reason for steps 1–4.

Step 10 is getting made-up words into search engine optimization.

I'm still impressed we managed to ruin Gemini with knowledge of Alanland.

[Max Rockatansky]

We're just skipping straight to steps 5–7 these days.  There's no longer any reason for steps 1–4.

Step 10 is getting made-up words into search engine optimization.

I'm still impressed we managed to ruin Gemini with knowledge of Alanland.

I'm sure certain individuals around these parts would find that impleasable.

[kphoger]

ruin Gemini

That is not what we've done.  We have improved Gemini.

[formulanone]

ruin Gemini

That is not what we've done.  We have improved Gemini.

Castor, Pollux, & Capella

[kphoger]

Let us analyze the signals ... around this project.

I, for one, am less than enthused about how they've decided to treat this signal:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/RGc8RXDMC1XtMSmL7

If any driver doesn't notice the little white regulatory sign and instead stops much farther forward than the stop line, then left-turning off-ramp traffic has precious little room to navigate their turn.

View from the off-ramp:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/etQkBqKt41pMhGFZ8

[Henry]

As per my personal eyewitness account this morning, the Francis Scott Key Bridge is still dead.

So demolition is still ongoing; it looks like they may be done by spring, around the two-year anniversary of the collapse.

[mrsman]

Let us analyze the signals ... around this project.

I, for one, am less than enthused about how they've decided to treat this signal:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/RGc8RXDMC1XtMSmL7

If any driver doesn't notice the little white regulatory sign and instead stops much farther forward than the stop line, then left-turning off-ramp traffic has precious little room to navigate their turn.

View from the off-ramp:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/etQkBqKt41pMhGFZ8

You're right.  It's a dangerous situation.  There probably should be more to channelize the turn so that traffic coming off the ramp will only go to the left lane when turning left.

Here's an example of one that does it somewhat better, although I would be happier with a barrier that is more significant than just a concrete island.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pacific+Palisades,+Los+Angeles,+CA/@33.9981425,-118.3694191,3a,70.8y,248.01h,64.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGfBn2mRTuF_O5d9JBRX_Lg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D25.29204812879432%26panoid%3DGfBn2mRTuF_O5d9JBRX_Lg%26yaw%3D248.01157639296082!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2a37a08897a89:0x4f7c6b3e45e83223!8m2!3d34.0467365!4d-118.546434!16zL20vMDI3bDRx?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDExMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[Beltway]

As per my personal eyewitness account this morning, the Francis Scott Key Bridge is still dead.

So demolition is still ongoing; it looks like they may be done by spring, around the two-year anniversary of the collapse.

I predict that federal funding will be capped at the original $1.9 billion estimate. This is extraordinarily generous as it is far more than any state has received for a bridge or tunnel project, and 9 times the amount for any other ER project.

The $3 billion increase is not approved by FHWA. If they grant the full amount then the requests from other states could easily average $1 to $2 billion per state, or $50 to $100 billion nationwide. That kind of funding capacity does not exist. These bridges and tunnel projects normally are funded by the state and with low or no federal funding.

There won't be any further construction activity until at least June. The project must first reach 100% design and establish an agreed‑upon baseline cost. Only after those two conditions are met can a Construction Notice to Proceed be issued.

FHWA has not approved funding for the $3 billion increase, and probably will not. Maryland will have to fund that.

[Max Rockatansky]

Been waiting for someone to naively reply to this thread?

[PColumbus73]

Been waiting for someone to naively reply to this thread?

It's been quiet here since the AI ban went into effect, just sayin'

[Max Rockatansky]

Been waiting for someone to naively reply to this thread?

It's been quiet here since the AI ban went into effect, just sayin'

At this point, I would be afraid of cybergs being sent back from the future to topple a bridge near you.  Here I was thinking the dolphins were evil...

[kphoger]

At this point, I would be afraid of cybergs being sent back from the future to topple a bridge near you.  Here I was thinking the dolphins were evil...

the dolphins make me cry

[Max Rockatansky]

At this point, I would be afraid of cybergs being sent back from the future to topple a bridge near you.  Here I was thinking the dolphins were evil...

the dolphins make me cry

Our tears only make them stronger.