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16 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

I’d rename the hood “Down to Clown in Poundtown”. But now you got your fucking unions and HOA rules.  Come to think of it; I don’t know that I ever seen the dude’s wife.  

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“That is a buy-one, get-one free Subway coupon. It is absolutely valid. I’m simply asking that your kids quit biking down my driveway!”

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It hits different when you read that the boat weighed 15-25x more than the bridge span itself. Jeezus.

SIAP but single best writeup I’ve seen on this:

“Why Baltimore bridge collapsed — and it was nothing to do with how it was built”


https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/68f040a1-189b-4696-baf3-4664748e1c07?shareToken=6ef1a03386d698e1f3df2e50f842b69a

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Was going fishing with my old man down in Freeport when the car decided to die 3/4 of the way up the bridge over the intercostal. It was a 2 lane bridge at the time and I recall sitting in the passenger seat staring over the edge for at least an hour while we waited for a tow.  Hate big bridges to this day…

On topic- I’ve got a buddy up in Baltimore right now as he’s been contracted to work on the bridge removal. Only comment from him yesterday was “it’s a shit show…”

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3 hours ago, RPM said:

and another

Its "Oklahoma safe."

We wouldn’t really even hear about this except for its timing to the Baltimore bridge. It’s the new train derailments/plane issues for the media and conspiracy theorists 

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14 minutes ago, Js1 said:

We wouldn’t really even hear about this except for its timing to the Baltimore bridge. It’s the new train derailments/plane issues for the media and conspiracy theorists 

I'm sure this happens 2 - 3 times a week across the country. I remember being at the 1 & 9 truckstop in Jersey City back in the early 80's when a ship hit the Witt Penn bridge. We were stuck there for 12 hours while they inspected the drawbridge.

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53 minutes ago, RPM said:

I'm sure this happens 2 - 3 times a week across the country. I remember being at the 1 & 9 truckstop in Jersey City back in the early 80's when a ship hit the Witt Penn bridge. We were stuck there for 12 hours while they inspected the drawbridge.

They are rare unless you include recreational boats.

 

https://www.tuscaloosa.com/__aws/media/6553702_bridge-strikes-.pdf

In the period from 1960 to 2015, there have been 18 bridge catastrophes in the U.S. that occurred due to ship and barge collisions with bridges over navigable waterways.

United States Coast Guard (USCG) study of towing vessels and barge collisions with bridges located on the U.S. inland waterway system during the 10-year period from 1992 to 2001 revealed that there were 2,692 accidents with bridgesv. Only 61 of these accidents caused bridge damage in excess of US$500,000 (1,702 caused very minor damage with no repair costs to the bridge), and none resulted in fatalities.

 

 

 

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Did I miss this earlier in the thread? It’s all I can think about every time the bridge is mentioned, and it’s what Baltimore will saying for the next 10-15 years. 
 

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