And you thought youve had bad days at work?

[melloelky]

that guy was wearing brown pants that day..

 

[Supercharged111]

that guy was wearing brown pants that day..

Maybe not before, but definitely after.

 

[dickeymoore]

That happened in Georgia

 

[popeye1978]

Per this article the bridge was demolished within 48 hours and traffic flow was restored, makes sense to me they didn't keep I-16 closed while rushing to build a new bridge as I've seen a good number of bridges be built/rebuilt over active traffic lanes (albeit sometimes traffic will be shut-down for a few hours for a big lift).

Any bridge engineers here? With that end of the bridge shifting by 6 feet, I'm curious what the building code says about lateral movement

 

[snitmule]

It'll be interesting to find out where this came from, or how the driver wasn't aware of his load...

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Now the interstate is shut down both directions for at least the rest of the week. One direction has about a 24 mile detour through low traffic rural roads.

DOT is bringing in crews to demolish the entire bridge and do a temporary replacement. Not sure what a rush job with 2x 3x 4x OT or whatever it takes costs, or what a new bridge replacement over 100+ feet of interstate costs, but you can be sure it exceeds any insurance policies the driver was covered by.

Bridge shifted 6 feet off its supports...

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I'm not sure what all equipment the weigh stations have, but this happened in between a pair of them. It's also a main artery out of the port.

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Oh that looks bad.

 

[newmexguy]

Have part of a civil engineering degree completed. Didn't have the aptitude to finish, indeterminate structures was the killer. Yep that bridge is toast. Early Interstate bridges only had a 14'=X" clearance requirement, that was later raised to 16'-5".

 

[Supercharged111]

That bridge took that hit better than a 2 week old Chinese bridge takes traffic.

 

[rogue_ryder]

You guys should see this one:

11 FOOT 8 - The Canopener Bridge

The Canopener Bridge

11foot8.com

Better known as the "Can Opener"

 

[paul.m]

That was I- 16 between dublin & savannah