Bridge Collapse Baltimore
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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?
We have seven bridges spanning the St John’s River here in Jax. They’re part of our life, commerce, and reality. One was hit by a ship several years ago but only minor damage. They closed it anyway until a safety check and minor repairs were made. Scary all the same.
Asianmassageparlor.gifSeems prudent.
Time to invest in Tug companies
Not through it? Captain must have misunderstood.
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.
That’s probably just for the bridge itself. The environmental impact study will probably cost as much as the bridge will.
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 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?".
Again, that thought may not be practical, but it does seem a little odd to me that such a vulnerable pillar would be "open" to being hit by passing freighters. That being said, I am really sorry for all of those people that were caught up in such a terrible accident AND for all of the people that will now have to deal the absence of that bridge for however long it takes to rebuild it.
I would imagine though that the shipping lane(s) could be cleared in a relatively short period of time. But I really don't know that, it just seems like if that port is that critical that there will be a herculean effort starting ASAP to make a way for ships to get in and out of that port.
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.
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
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.
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.
I 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.
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 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.
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
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.
not so much a clearance issue; it's that a lot of cargo is not allowed to pass through 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.
There are size and, as someone posted, cargo limitations.
Garden variety semis run thru there like a train day and night.
I went to Wikipedia to see how old the bridge was. That last note seems a bit unnecessary.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Construction start | 1972[1] |
| Opened | March 23, 1977 |
| Destroyed | March 26, 2024 |
| Toll | Yes (prior to collapse) |
I bet the ship had Merc motors. Effing Mercury, am I right?
So far on Fox, they have blamed the collapse on the border, on Covid shut downs and on recent infrastructure funding.
It really is amazing.
It really is amazing.
Great work by the police.
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