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New, steeper Bayonne Bridge shut down after cars can't make it up the incline in snow
NJ Advanced Media ^ | November 15, 2018

Posted on 11/15/2018 2:34:52 PM PST by SMGFan

The Bayonne Bridge was shut down in both directions Thursday afternoon, making for a worse commute for those driving in the snow, sleet and rain.

The bridge was shutdown by Port Authority due to slippery conditions and several cars becoming stuck on the incline of the renovated bridge, which is steeper than it used to be, spokesman Joe Pentangelo said.

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I found it funny.
1 posted on 11/15/2018 2:34:52 PM PST by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Chain Up!


2 posted on 11/15/2018 2:36:06 PM PST by Paladin2
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It’s Jersey, fugeddaboudit.................


3 posted on 11/15/2018 2:36:10 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: SMGFan

haha....some engineering genius there....


4 posted on 11/15/2018 2:36:31 PM PST by Mopp4
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To: SMGFan

Brilliant !


5 posted on 11/15/2018 2:37:17 PM PST by freefdny
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To: SMGFan

Very funny. As I enjoy the sunny 63 degrees here in Texas.


6 posted on 11/15/2018 2:37:41 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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Few have put snow tires on their cars yet.

Nov 15 snowstorm ?


7 posted on 11/15/2018 2:38:09 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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New Jersey: a nanny state that charges an awful lot for being not very good at nannyism.


8 posted on 11/15/2018 2:38:21 PM PST by colorado tanker
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Cool time-lapse of raising the bridge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKUuWLnLSYA


9 posted on 11/15/2018 2:39:27 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: SMGFan

Does Nuevo Hersey allow studded tires?


10 posted on 11/15/2018 2:39:38 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: SMGFan

11 posted on 11/15/2018 2:39:49 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: colorado tanker

Bridge from Bayonne to Staten Island still not completed.


12 posted on 11/15/2018 2:39:53 PM PST by SMGFan ( .)
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13 posted on 11/15/2018 2:40:00 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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The bridge was shutdown by Port Authority due to slippery conditions and several cars becoming stuck on the incline of the renovated bridge, which is steeper than it used to be, spokesman Joe Pentangelo said.

Another example of: Today's solution is tomorrow's problem. - Tom

14 posted on 11/15/2018 2:40:44 PM PST by Capt. Tom
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To: Red Badger

The Yugo that blew off of the Mackinac Bridge in a strong wind still has this topped as bridge stories go.


15 posted on 11/15/2018 2:43:14 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Responsibility2nd

a lot more snow fell us here than first forecasted. Was falling moderately.Could be 4 - 6 inches , still falling. Never saw so much before tHanksgiving. Years ago we did get snow on Thanksgiving.


16 posted on 11/15/2018 2:43:24 PM PST by SMGFan ( .)
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Nov 15 snowstorm ?

Caused by global warming of course.

17 posted on 11/15/2018 2:44:49 PM PST by libertylover (I don't disagree with people because their skin is too brown, but because their ideas are too red.)
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To: colorado tanker

Its amazing that anyone would want to live there.


18 posted on 11/15/2018 2:46:12 PM PST by Starboard
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"haha....some engineering genius there...."

I was wondering when we'd see the results of Affirmitive Action engineering degrees.

19 posted on 11/15/2018 2:47:44 PM PST by blam
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Rise/run=slope...

They were probably more concerned with the architectural aspects of the bridge and forgot about the vertical geometry.


20 posted on 11/15/2018 2:48:59 PM PST by shotgun
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