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23 minutes ago, Parrothead said:

To have a job in critical communications, that 911 operator didn’t seem to communicate too well. 

No, but at the same time she would’ve been fine if the call had been a car accident or someone getting shot or robbed or whatever.

 

I’ll be a little bit forgiving because I don’t think any dispatcher is prepared for a call that says “the new bridge is broke and you need to stop traffic before it falls into the river.“ 

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I watched the news a little while ago. They say that beam is 24" X 30".  That's serious load bearing stuff. 😲

They also say that there are already over 200 barges sitting half a mile upriver waiting for clearance.  News is that clearing river traffic is the first priority.  Unlike a road, a traffic jam on the river doesn't just sit still. Things have a tendency to drift towards each other and don't do well if they meet. 😵

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4 minutes ago, Chucktshoes said:

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2021/05/12/engineering-expert-explains-i-bridge-crack/

"Abdelnaby says if the damage is confined to just this one crack, maybe a couple of weeks, but if it’s more extensive, they may have to replace the entire bridge. Replacing the bridge could take up to a year."

I bet it will be like some of those cars I like to watch them restore on TV. It don’t look too bad, but then they start taking it apart and find it’s a nightmare. 

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3 minutes ago, Randall53 said:

I bet it will be like some of those cars I like to watch them restore on TV. It don’t look too bad, but then they start taking it apart and find it’s a nightmare. 

Much like what I’m expecting. 

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10 hours ago, Parrothead said:

To have a job in critical communications, that 911 operator didn’t seem to communicate too well. 

I agree, but that guy was also talking so fast I was having a hard time understanding him. He wasn't being very clear. 

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32 minutes ago, Chucktshoes said:

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2021/05/12/engineering-expert-explains-i-bridge-crack/

"Abdelnaby says if the damage is confined to just this one crack, maybe a couple of weeks, but if it’s more extensive, they may have to replace the entire bridge. Replacing the bridge could take up to a year."

No one could build a bridge across the Mississippi in a year I assure you.

I expect there will be a manufacturing flaw discovered in that one particular beam, and it will be replaced quickly.

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16 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

No one could build a bridge across the Mississippi in a year I assure you.

I expect there will be a manufacturing flaw discovered in that one particular beam, and it will be replaced quickly.

Yeah, that timeline was off to me as well. 3-5 years seems more accurate to me. 

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24 minutes ago, deerslayer said:

Joseph Stalin could have it built in three months.  Of course he would first round up OSHA and code enforcement and give them all 9mm headaches.  

Maybe he wasn’t all bad after all. 

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2 hours ago, gregintenn said:

No one could build a bridge across the Mississippi in a year I assure you.

I expect there will be a manufacturing flaw discovered in that one particular beam, and it will be replaced quickly.

I think it took them about 6 years originally.  Today, with requisite environmental studies and all the other regulatory hassles, it would be a miracle if they could beat their old time, even with modern advances in technology and engineering ...

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4 hours ago, gregintenn said:

No one could build a bridge across the Mississippi in a year I assure you.

 

 

Where there's a will there's a way... when you have a dire need.     Link below, but in summary a 10 lane bridge (I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge) crossing the Mississippi River up in Minnesota was constructed in less than a year due to the collapse of the old bridge.  

Bridge construction started 10/30/07

Bridge opened 9/18/08

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Saint_Anthony_Falls_Bridge#:~:text=Minneapolis%2C Minnesota%2C U.S.&text=The I-35W Saint Anthony,collapsed on August 1%2C 2007.

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18 minutes ago, Trekbike said:

Where there's a will there's a way... when you have a dire need.     Link below, but in summary a 10 lane bridge (I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge) crossing the Mississippi River up in Minnesota was constructed in less than a year due to the collapse of the old bridge.  

Exactly right.  When there's a genuine dire need, and no time to arrange fraudulent bids, bribes for permits, and payoffs for relevant state and municipal officials, things can progress quickly.

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1 hour ago, Trekbike said:

Where there's a will there's a way... when you have a dire need.     Link below, but in summary a 10 lane bridge (I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge) crossing the Mississippi River up in Minnesota was constructed in less than a year due to the collapse of the old bridge. 

Not really comparing apples to apples.  The Mississippi river is much wider at Memphis then it is in Minneapolis.  The Memphis bridge is about 6.5 times the length of the Saint Anthony Falls bridge.

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1 hour ago, Trekbike said:

 

Where there's a will there's a way... when you have a dire need.     Link below, but in summary a 10 lane bridge (I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge) crossing the Mississippi River up in Minnesota was constructed in less than a year due to the collapse of the old bridge.  

Bridge construction started 10/30/07

Bridge opened 9/18/08

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Saint_Anthony_Falls_Bridge#:~:text=Minneapolis%2C Minnesota%2C U.S.&text=The I-35W Saint Anthony,collapsed on August 1%2C 2007.

I stand corrected!

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