Are you afraid of heights or something?I've been across that bridge a few times. It's scary under the best of conditions.
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Are you afraid of heights or something?I've been across that bridge a few times. It's scary under the best of conditions.
One of the points being made this morning was that the tugs had peeled off once it got into the main channel due to cost. Will there be a requirement in some areas to have tug boats escort ships that can bring a bridge down past any hazards?What a mess. It will be interesting if enhanced pier protection becomes a requirement on existing and future bridges. I’m not sure how feasible it would be when dealing with ships of that size though.
Seems prudent.One of the points being made this morning was that the tugs had peeled off once it got into the main channel due to cost. Will there be a requirement in some areas to have tug boats escort ships that can bring a bridge down past any hazards?
Asianmassageparlor.gifSeems prudent.
Time to invest in Tug companies
ships pass under the bridge.
It's like there's a competition on Fox Opinion Network to "out stupid" each other.
That’s probably just for the bridge itself. The environmental impact study will probably cost as much as the bridge will.Easily. Side note, just talking to a bud who's a civil engineer and he was explaining that a decent suburban 8 lane intersection costs about 1.5 million to build at least.
1.6 mile bridge is a lot of cash.
That plus there is a strong current I am sure. It is still a river. What you see there is clearly the boat being pushed by the current.The power fluctuations probably prevented a correction to the steering.
I am not a maritime expert by any means, but when I first saw this terrible footage I said to myself, "Are there no tugboats present to guide such a big ship?".One of the points being made this morning was that the tugs had peeled off once it got into the main channel due to cost. Will there be a requirement in some areas to have tug boats escort ships that can bring a bridge down past any hazards?
Big bridges are going to get a lot more expensive to build going forward as they now will now try to design the footers able to withstand accidental impacts from giant ships.In the video I've seen of the accident one clip is from the opposite side as the one the ship was coming from. At the immediate time of impact there was a flash, which I assume was a wall of water coming up as the ship went up and over the barrier protecting the supports for the bridge.
Side point about reconstruction, I assume that the approaches and undamaged sections will be used in the replacement span. So, maybe that takes a few years off the effort, but it will be months to pull all the debris out of the water and clear the channel. Maybe some smaller ships get out before that, but it's going to be months to get anything approaching normal traffic in and out of the port.
She is nutsIt's like there's a competition on Fox Opinion Network to "out stupid" each other.
Bartiromo at one time was well respected when she was the "money honey" on CNBC.
I don't think people realize how hard it is to control the momentum of a 95,000 ton vessel. Especially if you're losing power and steering.That plus there is a strong current I am sure. It is still a river. What you see there is clearly the boat being pushed by the current.
I want to say the going rate for a new interstate exit with an over pass bridge and four ramps is 70-120 million, depending on location, for perspective.That’s probably just for the bridge itself. The environmental impact study will probably cost as much as the bridge will.
I really expected her to get fired in the election denier fallout at Fox. But she's a Trump favorite, so that probably saved her.She is nuts
It’s the interwebz where if you have been on your friend’s Bayliner you are qualified to render opinions about steering a cargo ship—-Newtonian physics be damned.I don't think people realize how hard it is to control the momentum of a 95,000 ton vessel. Especially if you're losing power and steering.
I've crashed into a pier with a friggin pontoon boat
Only when it comes to falling from them into a tangle of twisted steel and concrete.Are you afraid of heights or something?
Was alcohol involved?I don't think people realize how hard it is to control the momentum of a 95,000 ton vessel. Especially if you're losing power and steering.
I've crashed into a pier with a friggin pontoon boat
and green building standardsBig bridges are going to get a lot more expensive to build going forward as they now will now try to design the footers able to withstand accidental impacts from giant ships.
There are already several tunnels…They will clear it quickly.
I wonder if they look at going with a tunnel this time to avoid gumming up the shipping lanes with construction for the next 5 years or so.
good idea thoBig bridges are going to get a lot more expensive to build going forward as they now will now try to design the footers able to withstand accidental impacts from giant ships.
I thought I read that trucks can't make clearance in them.There are already several tunnels…
I thought I read that trucks can't make clearance in them.
If one of the workers called in sick, they needs to be on high alert.Some final destination type stuff.
MAGA summed up perfectlyI love how many non experts who have no idea what they are talking about jump in and throw in their hot take as though they understand not only bridge engineering but how large cargo ships are steered.
Speaking of that has Trump weighed in yet to tell us how this is all Biden's fault and he would have prevented this accident.
It's like there's a competition on Fox Opinion Network to "out stupid" each other.
Bartiromo at one time was well respected when she was the "money honey" on CNBC.
not so much a clearance issue; it's that a lot of cargo is not allowed to pass through themI thought I read that trucks can't make clearance in them.
I have to assume that happens from now on since we have a modern example. Their called 'dolphins' and after the Skyway bridge disaster they built them to protect the new one. I don't think they're commonplace though, I think the Skyway is a rare example.What a mess. It will be interesting to see if enhanced pier protection becomes a requirement on existing and future bridges. I’m not sure how feasible it would be when dealing with ships of that size though.
There are size and, as someone posted, cargo limitations.I thought I read that trucks can't make clearance in them.
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Destroyed | March 26, 2024 |
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