More Chaos From The High Plains

[PackRat]

http://archive.saljournal.com/xta-asp/pageview1.asp?tpl=iframe_three&mv=2006/02/16&viewtype=dumpit

Can anybody say, "How much is a new bridge, Officer?"

As of today, KDOT is still showing traffic being deverted around the south side of Hays, for the eastbound lanes of I-70.

....and NO, I'm not refering to the shootout at the WhiteHouse corral, headline.

 

[Mike]

oops............

 

[PackRat]

Yup. I think an oops is probably in order.

Knucklehead wasn't even permitted for 4-lane, and was 3 feet too high for the bridge.

 

[EMD Diesel Power]

The Seminole highway bridge (on the Beltline) in Madison WI got nailed by a high/wide load excavator not once... but at least 3 times in the past 2 years.

It just had another accident last month that has now put the bridge out of commission permenantly for now..... some idiot on a lowboy carrying the worlds largest coal dragline bucket slammed the bridge and took out half the concrete beams beneath.

 

[Dualie]

Wow if that excavator ripped that far into that bridge, I don't think I would feel comfortable driving on that bridge ever again. For all intensive purposes that should have ripped that machine clear of the lowbed or snapped the boom off but damn I would have never thought it would have gouged into the concrete that bad.

 

[PackRat]

More pics, Part 1

Got these via a step-cousin. who lives north of Hays.

 

[PackRat]

More Pics, Part 2

Dualie, that seems to be the big arguement, now. Whether the bridge can be repaired, or not. Either way, Hall Street is going to be closed for a long time.

 

[EMD Diesel Power]

well.... from the new pics and the looks of things... the bottom deck is nearly severed.... they'll demolish and rebuild on the basis that it looks like one of those form-in-place bridges. I dont see much for section lines.. much less expansion joints.

 

[Ramprat]

That will buff right out

 

[EMD Diesel Power]

That will buff right out

Oh yes.... right along with a few bags of Quikrete. she'll fix right up.

 

[JohnBoyToo]

The worst damage was to the seat material of the driver of the truck and the cars right behind him

 

[82fordtruck]

I don't know, I'd think the guys driving on the bridge probably shat a little more than the driver.


Is that the proper past tense for that word?