The toughest bridge in the world

[WildBillyT]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c0_1351184890

[PolarBear]

Nevermind, the camper fits now.

Looks like they put up a beam to specifically protect the bridge from impacts such as these. That was really funny though, UNDEFEATED!

[Blacdout96]

When I worked at a diesel box truck rental place, we'd get them in about once or twice a month, and had one guy specifically for fixing them. Funny thing is they all seemed to come from Philly from this one bridge

[OG]

haha bridge EATS motor-home air conditioners

[deadtrend1]

most of them seem to be Penske and Ryder rentals which isnt surprising.

[sweetbmxrider]

Amazing. I can't believe no one rearended a truck that got stuck! Especially the ones that lifted the wheels off the ground!

[Blackbirdws6]

Oops. All hail the champ.

[Featherburner]

I can't believe the haven't excavated under the bridge to increase the clearance!

[Paul Huryk]

Entertaining...

[PolarBear]

Originally Posted by Featherburner

I can't believe the haven't excavated under the bridge to increase the clearance!

You need expensive permits from the railroad to do that!

[Jersey Mike]

Or just excavate the area of asphalt/binder on that troublesome section. You're looking at roughly $15,000 in material, and a full days labor. Easy stuff if someone actually gave a **** enough.

[Blacdout96]

Originally Posted by Jersey Mike

Or just excavate the area of asphalt/binder on that troublesome section. You're looking at roughly $15,000 in material, and a full days labor. Easy stuff if someone actually gave a **** enough.

well the town could spend money, or could make money by giving tickets to the drivers for not heeding the warning of the sign, and charge them any damage to the bridge....though from the looks of it, and knowing that wood and aluminum riveted holding those roofs on, I'm sure it barely makes a scratch in the side of it.

[PolarBear]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

well the town could spend money, or could make money by giving tickets to the drivers for not heeding the warning of the sign, and charge them any damage to the bridge....though from the looks of it, and knowing that wood and aluminum riveted holding those roofs on, I'm sure it barely makes a scratch in the side of it.

I would think this is accurate.

Also since I have been working with Verizon on a rail CROSSING, the permit just to pull a cable across the rail where Verizon already has space, is $20,000

[greenformula92]

reasons to be aware of not only your posted height but actual height. Example the trailers at my job post 13'7 but I know I'll fit under 12'7. BQE has a couple low spots but I fit through just fine

[Blacdout96]

Originally Posted by PolarBear

Also since I have been working with Verizon on a rail CROSSING, the permit just to pull a cable across the rail where Verizon already has space, is $20,000

Whodajiggawha? 20K? You guys need to install that in the same way someone steals another persons cable, just do it at night when no ones looking, jeez, and people wonder why nothing gets done in the U.S.

[PolarBear]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

Whodajiggawha? 20K? You guys need to install that in the same way someone steals another persons cable, just do it at night when no ones looking, jeez, and people wonder why nothing gets done in the U.S.

Yeah, well it is Verizon pulling the cable to give us voice/data to a site so they have to do it proper. Plus it isn't my money! Cost is no object for this site at this point in time

[Jersey Mike]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

well the town could spend money, or could make money by giving tickets to the drivers for not heeding the warning of the sign, and charge them any damage to the bridge....though from the looks of it, and knowing that wood and aluminum riveted holding those roofs on, I'm sure it barely makes a scratch in the side of it.

Maybe so, but from a Civil Improvement standpoint, departments are given 8 and 9 digit budgets to spend on construction. $15k in material & $5k in labor to prevent what seems to be a reoccurring problem is a drop in the bucket and no-brainer. There's an underlying logistical reason why it hasn't been done. I don't know what that is, but I'm sure it's legit.

[LTb1ow]

Originally Posted by Jersey Mike

Maybe so, but from a Civil Improvement standpoint, departments are given 8 and 9 digit budgets to spend on construction. $15k in material & $5k in labor to prevent what seems to be a reoccurring problem is a drop in the bucket and no-brainer. There's an underlying logistical reason why it hasn't been done. I don't know what that is, but I'm sure it's legit.

Yea, and those drops are just drops when you look from the inside, but looking in from the outside all those drops add up.

[Jersey Mike]

Originally Posted by LTb1ow

Yea, and those drops are just drops when you look from the inside, but looking in from the outside all those drops add up.

You need those drops to add up, or else any future budget requests will be met with doubt, rejection & reduction.

If a department estimates they need $6M for a small project, carries out the build and leaves $2M untouched, that looks bad for every engineer involved, the contractor's who bid the job, and the director. It goes both ways, and in the end balances out, but no department is going to be say no to necessary improvement over (what those in the industry would consider) chump change.

While it may not make sense from the outside, the construction industry is a trillion dollar industry that funnels into the economy on nearly every level.

[1QWIKBIRD]

That bridge ain't so tough. Its got a steel beam protecting it. Here's a bridge that's one tough hombre. I saw this in a highway design class awhile ago. The backstory is that the highway and bridge weren't even opened to the public yet and the contractor was transporting equipment from one end of the job to the other. Evidently they either didn't load the long arm track hoe correctly or maybe it needed to be partially disassembled for transport, either way it didn't go well. You can see from the pics that the truck and trailer were traveling on the wrong side of the road, no big deal on a closed road, but you can see that the clearance signs aren't even posted yet. No excused because traveling the wrong direction you wouldn't see them anyway, but man can you imagine making that phone call?

http://flic.kr/p/tZEF8

Be sure to scroll to see all the pics of the carnage.

[DaSkinnyGuy]

I laughed so hard about this.

[sweetbmxrider]

Wow

[OG]

1st bridge wins... Excavator made it half way thru the second one

[The_Bishop]

Why were they travelling with the bucket arm up?!

[OG]

it probably got caught on the bridge and then pushed upward from the impact