Monkeys Fist 38767 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 5 hours ago, ohhh_yeah said: 4 hours ago, ewerk said: Shit, I thought the bridge collapsed some time after being hit and had been closed but clearly not. Fucking hell! Those kinds of bridges are designed to be under tension, they’ll be able to withstand a small fault in certain struts, but if the main support is taken out, as it is here, that’s it. As well as the loss of lives, and what a horrific way to go, this will cost billions, as it’s going to be blocking the port by the looks of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26347 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 4 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: this will cost billions, as it’s going to be blocking the port by the looks of it. Frank Sobotka is not going to be happy. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30414 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1 hour ago, ewerk said: Frank Sobotka is not going to be happy. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16652 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Good old Jess. Fuck me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16652 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Joking aside. About 15 years ago I did some work on that and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34464 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Chesapeake on RED ALERT. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5908 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) That's a massive ship to squeeze under the bridge btw. I'm surprised a collision with one support can bring the entire structure down and that's it's taken so long for it to happen Edit - Turns out some other bridges have safeguards against this happening Edited March 27 by Kid Dynamite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ewerk 26347 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I always knew that lad was a liability. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30414 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 11 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said: That's a massive ship to squeeze under the bridge btw. I'm surprised a collision with one support can bring the entire structure down and that's it's taken so long for it to happen Edit - Turns out some other bridges have safeguards against this happening Yeah, I thought it was odd that it didn’t have those (which was mentioned when the accident was first reported). Even the Gateshead Millennium Bridge has them. Them was some minor controversy about if spoiling the aesthetics at the time, as some people deemed it overkill. When you consider it was deemed necessary there, you’d think it would be in place for a bridge carrying traffic over such a busy waterway / port of that size. Probably missed out the original design and thought too expensive to put right in the age of massive container ships. Fucking mental in retrospect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Monkeys Fist 38767 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 I can’t remember where I saw it, but I definitely recall reading an article about the treacherous state of bridges in the US. It essentially said “ soon, one or more of them will collapse”. It may been around the time that bridge in Italy had a lie down. I used to do a lot of contract work for a firm whose business was the installation, and subsequent monitoring, of movement meters on road and rail bridges and other structures. One job we had in Dewsbury, they brought over a team of rope lads from a partner business they had in the US, to work with us and see how things were done here. It was a small, single span rail bridge over a canal These lads were amazed that something so small and insignificant was 1- Metered in the first place 2- Those meters were maintained. Said that would rarely happen back home. It was a railway bridge, with regular passenger trains going over it ffs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 3659 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 3 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: I can’t remember where I saw it, but I definitely recall reading an article about the treacherous state of bridges in the US. It essentially said “ soon, one or more of them will collapse”. It may been around the time that bridge in Italy had a lie down. I used to do a lot of contract work for a firm whose business was the installation, and subsequent monitoring, of movement meters on road and rail bridges and other structures. One job we had in Dewsbury, they brought over a team of rope lads from a partner business they had in the US, to work with us and see how things were done here. It was a small, single span rail bridge over a canal These lads were amazed that something so small and insignificant was 1- Metered in the first place 2- Those meters were maintained. Said that would rarely happen back home. It was a railway bridge, with regular passenger trains going over it ffs It goes further than large structures like bridges mate. If any of your family live in social housing, get shit boiler checked. The landlord should do it but fuck me what I saw in london would make a hooker blush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2767 Posted Monday at 16:55 Share Posted Monday at 16:55 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26347 Posted Wednesday at 20:28 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:28 Fucking hell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9229 Posted yesterday at 04:55 Share Posted yesterday at 04:55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34464 Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago This is wild. American police are mental. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30414 Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago Imagine what they’re like when the press aren’t there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 5508 Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Alex said: Imagine what they’re like when the press aren’t there Or imagine if she was black. They are scum the coppers over there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 6865 Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago I follow a parent of one of the Uvalde kids on twitter, there were similar scenes at a Uni in Texas, he posted "how come the police weren't so keen when schoolkids were being murdered". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9229 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago Lovely person. Seems ideal Trump VP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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