Bridge collapses in Washington state

Re:Bridge collapses in Washington state by wmf on Friday May 24, 2013 @12:21AM (#5761258)

I hear the US needs jobs; maybe we could rebuild this infrastructure before any more of it collapses.

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Re:Bridge collapses in Washington state by tzs on Friday May 24, 2013 @12:33AM (#5761289)

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.

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Re:Bridge collapses in Washington state by rizzom5000 on Friday May 24, 2013 @12:42AM (#5761304)

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.

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Re:Bridge collapses in Washington state by mindcrime on Friday May 24, 2013 @12:45AM (#5761311)

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.

That jibes with this report:

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Report-I-5-bridge-collapses-...

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Re:Bridge collapses in Washington state by m_myers on Friday May 24, 2013 @12:29AM (#5761277)

Hmm, where have I heard that idea before?

Oh, yes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvest...

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