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Bay Bridge closed after rod snaps, cars hit
SFGate ^
| oct 27, 2009
| Michael Cabanatuan
Posted on 10/27/2009 8:09:38 PM PDT by Thidwick
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:09:39 PM PDT
by
Thidwick
To: Thidwick
They should build a new bridge.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:13:50 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(I don't have time to Procrastinate)
To: Thidwick
Well, at least the state has plenty of money to fix it...
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:15:23 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
To: Thidwick
California has been spending all their road money on liberal vote buying schemes!
We here in the Golden State are falling prey to rot from the top down...
4
posted on
10/27/2009 8:16:27 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
To: ThomasThomas
They are dumbness here is a up date.
The bridge-replacement project has been hampered by manufacturing problems in China, where major portions of the steel suspension bridge are being prefabricated,
Another major concern is the delay in finishing the schematic designs, which are being drawn up by a team in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:21:08 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(I don't have time to Procrastinate)
To: Thidwick
And the parts were made in...?
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:21:53 PM PDT
by
elpinta
(Change: check. Hope: not so much.)
To: Thidwick
...the parts that fell were two high-strength rods and a saddle that were part of the emergency repair that delayed the opening of the bridge on Labor Day weekend. Thank Obama for shovel-ready jobs. This should be fixed as quickly as the initial work was done.
-PJ
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:22:23 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Comprehensive congressional reform legislation only yields incomprehensible bills that nobody reads.)
To: Thidwick
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:23:04 PM PDT
by
luvie
(2010 is Conservatives' to win....or lose. So....LET'S WIN!!)
To: ThomasThomas
They are. When the bridge was closed on Labor Day weekend for replacement of a section needed for the new bridge (should be done in 2012 or 2013) they found a cracked I-rod in another section of the cantilever section. They quickly designed, made and installed a bracket and rods that were a repair for the cracked part and opened the bridge only 1 hour late. Today, that repair fell.
9
posted on
10/27/2009 8:23:35 PM PDT
by
Wacka
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:24:15 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: Thidwick
I am so glad that DH does not have to go to work tomorrow :)
11
posted on
10/27/2009 8:26:20 PM PDT
by
pbear8
(Russia, please come get your Czars)
To: Thidwick
More proof the stimulus money ain’t working.
12
posted on
10/27/2009 8:26:50 PM PDT
by
umgud
(I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
To: Thidwick
I am so glad that DH does not have to go to work tomorrow :)
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:27:12 PM PDT
by
pbear8
(Russia, please come get your Czars)
To: Thidwick
OMG... the Bay Bridge is closed in both directions? Indefinitely? Woah... what a mess this will make of things in the Bay area.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:29:45 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Ramius
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:31:20 PM PDT
by
Wacka
To: elpinta
They showed live updates on the local news. Said the parts were made in China.
I told Mrs. Big Bobber “They better shut the bridge down right now.”
The part that failed is a major tension rod in the cantilever span and there are high winds in the area today. It’s not improbable that such a failure with continued high wind stress could cause the span to collapse. Not worth taking a chance.
To: Political Junkie Too
"Thank Obama for shovel-ready jobs. This should be fixed as quickly as the initial work was done. -PJ "
To: Thidwick
Extreme high winds today in the area. There were high wind warnings on all the bridges during commute this morning and wind was still strong during evening commute.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:33:39 PM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
To: Wacka
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:33:44 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Ramius
OMG... the Bay Bridge is closed in both directions? Indefinitely? Woah... what a mess this will make of things in the Bay area.The bay area asked for it.
Be careful what you ask for....you might just get it.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:33:48 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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