Posted on 10/28/2009 9:27:43 AM PDT by Enterprise
Authorities on Tuesday closed a major bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland after a cable on its upper deck snapped during the evening commute.
(Excerpt) Read more at fresnobee.com ...
0bama’s fault!!!!!!
Other bridges are out too, including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland, Champlain Bridge in Vermont and a few other i can’t immediately recall. what’s up with these bridges ???
Cable just installed last month according to news reports.
Well, they can start spending some of that shovel ready money now I guess.
No, no...obviously Bush’s fault.
And - of course - since it’s an engineering problem, completely beyond the Obamaloon administration capability to detect and fix.
I know. No doubt CAL TRANS and a couple of lawyers are taking a long hard look at this.
Silly Coyote. It’s more important for the Obama administration to queer up elementary schools than it is to fix roads and bridges.
If ACORN or SEIU can’t be given money to fix it then Obama doesn’t care. Obviously bridge engineering and fixing is for those evil rich people - the “rich” who don’t grease Obama’s palm.
That cable is RACIST!
Bridges require constant safety inspections. Even when engineers determine that fixes must be implemented, the politicians stall. It’s more important to have Medicare for illegal aliens and condoms for elementary school children than it to fix the infrastructure of America. One must have priorities.
“...a major bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland”
“The bridge, a California landmark...”
“...a piece of metal roughly 3 feet long fell onto the bridge’s westbound lanes...”
“The bridge closure was expected to cause a traffic nightmare during the morning commute...”
Did anyone else notice that the article never identifies to which bridge they are referring? Leave it to the Fresno Bee!
I guess we can assume the Bay Bridge, but you know what they say about making an ASS(of)U(&)ME.
Hey, it’s part of the mess Our Messiah inherited. /sarc
No matter the snide comments that arise on this thread, the response appears commensurate with the event. If the bridge is new, then the investigation should pinpoint whether the design was bad or the implementation was off. (Note: Failure to properly understand the loads due to rush hour traffic is a requirements/design issue.)
If the bridge is older, one would need to decide if the installation had been degraded by time and weather, as well.
The cable is racist and homophobic!
LOL
I wouldn’t worry too much. I hear that the bridge is too big to fail.
Cable breaks! California is doomed. Article#15,902
Steel for cable, and clamps, etc came from China.
So did cement.
Thank the enviros & the unions for closing our own steel mills and mining for cement materials.
The cable snapped and brought down a VERY LARGE sort of U-Clamp with it. Hit 3 vehicles, no deaths or injuries.
Steel for cable, and clamps, etc came from China.
So did cement.
Thank the enviros & the unions for closing our own steel mills and mining for cement materials.
The cable snapped and brought down a VERY LARGE sort of U-Clamp with it. Hit 3 vehicles, no deaths or injuries.
Steel for cable, and clamps, etc came from China.
So did cement.
Thank the enviros & the unions for closing our own steel mills and mining for cement materials.
The cable snapped and brought down a VERY LARGE sort of U-Clamp with it. Hit 3 vehicles, no deaths or injuries.
They are old, and maintenance has been defered to fund programs with higher priorities. And you what programs they are.
They should've went with Verizon's Fios,
Sorry for the triple posts. Computer is acting funny this AM. REALLY slow...
Something like this is well above Obama's pay scale...
OMG
Verizon network has been down and out a whole bunch this past week.
Businesses taking the gaspipe over the disruptions.
There is only one. The SF/Oakland Bay Bridge.
That’s kind of scary. Wonder how much Chinese steel and cement has been used in other projects?
I think it’s a safe assumption since the Bay Bridge is the ONLY bridge between S.F. and Oakland. Still, a competent editor would have named it. Traffic on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and the Golden Gate will be hell until repairs are made.
I guess you’re right technically. But you would need to be a local to understand that.
There is a Bay Bridge, a GoldenGate Bridge, a San Mateo Bridge, a San Rafael Bridge a Dumbarton Bridge and a Martinez Bridge, et al.
Why would the article say “a major bridge connecting Oakland and San Francisco”, and not name the bridge? I still think it’s shoddy reporting.
Glad I don’t live there anymore!!!! For lots of other reasons, as well.
Yeah they should have said “the” major bridge.
.....closed a major bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland ......
So, why should I give a damn about either place? The bridge is a nexus of evil
It was temporary fix because a crack was found after a detour section had bee installed so traffic could continue to roll while the earthquake upgrade was being done. With the high winds yesterday I am not overly surprized
So did cement.
So did your keyboard's stuck Enter key. Just damn!
Oakland is trying to move away from San Francisco as far as possible before Pelosi and Feinstein return home
Cable just installed last month
Installed by UNION workers that should explain it.
There's a witch-burning in your village this afternoon - best leave now so you won't be late. :)
I have never had anything good to say about Chinese metals. As a woodworker, its becoming harder and much more expensive to avoid China. My Chinese metal tools break all of the time!
The only people they could find who are willing to work are illegal aliens and White males:
No White Male Construction Workers
Now What?
One reason the Chinese can underbid others is that they tend to skip steps, reduce the number of necessary parts, etc. in the manufacture of their items.
Brooklyn Bridge, over 100 years, original main cables, even with a scandal about substandard materials at one point. I guess Washington Roebling overengineered unashamedly.
Exactly! Even name brands are now doing this and they WILL pay for it in reduced sales. Total BS Nothing like gluing up a project only to have your clamp break.
To me, there's no think about it -- It's shoddy reporting not to have identified which bridge was involved.
Yep states are given all of these federal funds to be used for infrastructure and aren’t obligated to spend them like that so they go to whatever the politician in charge wants them to. It’s more important to give welfare Mom’s more money than it is to make sure our roads,bridges,water supplies, etc are safe.
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