03-26-2024, 6:58pm
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Originally Posted by Yadkin
I find it hard to believe that the bridge foundations were not better protected. Compared to the cost of that superstructure, a bit of sheet piling and rock would have been very little.
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Originally Posted by theandies
I watch a lot of disaster shows. This is not the first time a ship or barge has hit a bridge pylon and cause a collapse. Two come to mind. One in Tampa and the other I think was New Orleans.
Both case the pylon was not protected in any way if a ship should run away. Now there are barriers to keep this from happening.
If our NTSB was any good even after the first time this happened, YEARS AGO, all bridges that have large ships or barges crossing under them, these bridges should have BARRIERS IN PLACE ALREADY to prevent this from happening.
This was highly preventable.
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Because stopping a 90,000 ton ship going 9 mph is easy.
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