Re:Bridge collapses in Washington state
by tzs on Friday May 24, 2013 @12:33AM
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This doesn't appear to have been a collapse due to unsound infrastructure, but rather a collapse due a truck with an oversize load taking out one or more supporting beams.
Re:Bridge collapses in Washington state
by rizzom5000 on Friday May 24, 2013 @12:42AM
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I live in WA and was delayed in traffic for a good deal of time several weeks ago when a truck hit a overpass near Gig Harbor.
Both incidents may be outliers, but I'm beginning to wonder if there is a problem with the current resources devoted to logistics planning for oversize highway equipment traveling at high rates of speed.
Re:Bridge collapses in Washington state
by mindcrime on Friday May 24, 2013 @12:45AM
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This doesn't appear to have been a collapse due to unsound infrastructure, but rather a collapse due a truck with an oversize load taking out one or more supporting beams.
Both incidents may be outliers, but I'm beginning to wonder if there is a problem with the current resources devoted to logistics planning for oversize highway equipment traveling at high rates of speed.
That jibes with this report:
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Report-I-5-bridge-collapses-...
Oh, yes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvest...