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Ontario's Nipigon River bridge fails, severing Trans-Canada Highway
CBC ^ | January 10, 2016 | Amy Husser

Posted on 01/10/2016 6:53:47 PM PST by Hieronymus

A newly constructed bridge in northern Ontario has heaved apart, indefinitely closing the Trans-Canada highway — the only road connecting Eastern and Western Canada.

The Nipigon River Bridge has been closed for "an indefinite time due to mechanical issues," according to the Ontario Provincial Police. The bridge remains open to pedestrian traffic.

The west side of the bridge has pulled away from the abutment connecting it to the river bank's edge, lifting up about 60 centimetres.

As a result, police have shut down Highways 11 and 17 at the bridge, which is located about 100 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont.

The estimated duration of the closure is "uncertain" with police noting it could be "possibly days."

"It's not just us. It's all of Canada that has a problem right now," Nipigon Mayor Richard Harvey told CBC News. "This is the one place in Canada where there is only one road, one bridge across the country." ======================================== Harvey added that police quickly started to stop people heading out on the Trans-Canada Highway at larger Ontario centres like Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay and Terrace Bay, telling them to turn back or use an alternate route through the U.S.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada
KEYWORDS: canada; cutinhalf; justintrudeau; nipigonriver; nipigonriverbridge; ontario; saultstemarie; terracebay; thunderbay; transcanadahighway
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To: Ouderkirk

This is a really big problem.


41 posted on 01/10/2016 7:34:48 PM PST by hawkaw
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To: Hieronymus

Wow, you’re right. Times on Google are close. I guess the limited access highways in the US pretty much offset the longer runs. Customs will still be a pain, especially for truckers...and getting through Chicago will be a real pain for all involved.

...and shorter runs are really out of luck.


42 posted on 01/10/2016 7:35:34 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: Hieronymus

The moose in western Ontario are ecstatic!


43 posted on 01/10/2016 7:37:02 PM PST by djf ("It's not about being nice, it's about being competent!" - Donald Trump)
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To: Hieronymus
The west side of the bridge has pulled away from the abutment connecting it to the river bank's edge, lifting up about 60 centimetres.

What's the new technology...

44 posted on 01/10/2016 7:37:17 PM PST by GOPJ (Trump's living rent-free in Jeb's head in a robe and comfy slippers. FlickLives)
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To: Ouderkirk

That will buff right out.


45 posted on 01/10/2016 7:37:55 PM PST by willgolfforfood
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To: Ouderkirk

Some heavy heave from the frost or a bit too much tension on those left side suspension cables.

If this were Chicago or Afgahnistan they would probably drive a few heavy duty stakes to keep this side of the bridge from overrunning the pavement any further, drop a few loads of asphalt on the joint and roller it, pop in a “Bumpy Pavement” sign and consider it good to go!


46 posted on 01/10/2016 7:44:41 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: huldah1776

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47 posted on 01/10/2016 7:46:28 PM PST by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
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To: BobL

...and shorter runs are really out of luck.


Yeah, but no one lives between Ottawa and Winnipeg. (Well, I nearly do, being about 45 minutes south of the TransCanada about two hours west of Ottawa, and some of my wife’s family really does, but it is about a 24 hour drive that “passes by”(within a 100 miles or so) of perhaps a million people.

Bad luck to Thunder Bay though.


48 posted on 01/10/2016 7:48:59 PM PST by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: Hieronymus

Concur, and thanks for posting this here. I was up there (Thunder Bay) long ago, very nice area!


49 posted on 01/10/2016 7:50:42 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: GOPJ

The first cable-stayed bridge in the province.


50 posted on 01/10/2016 7:51:04 PM PST by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: Ouderkirk

Until repairs start it looks like a ramp could be put in on the less warped side and one passenger vehicle at a time allowed across.


51 posted on 01/10/2016 7:51:39 PM PST by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: Ouderkirk

Stayed bridge. Looks like the longer stays contracted more than the shorter stays. Did someone forget temperature calculations for a bridge in Canada?


52 posted on 01/10/2016 7:52:02 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (behind enemy lines)
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To: Ouderkirk

Just slap an asphalt wedge on it and put a “bump” sign up until the spring.


53 posted on 01/10/2016 7:53:57 PM PST by jim_trent
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To: kiryandil

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54 posted on 01/10/2016 7:54:57 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Something along those lines, along with a 10 kmh speed limit, seems like the only possible short-term solution. It will require keeping bureaucrats at bay, but handling this in a way that doesn’t tick off the northern eight ridings for the next 20 years will likely be a priority for the liberals.


55 posted on 01/10/2016 7:55:02 PM PST by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: Hieronymus
telling them to turn back or use an alternate route through the U.S.

Wow. I've heard of detours, but that takes the cake!

"Hope nobody thinks I've flipped, 'cause I'm goin' to Thunder Bay, via Omaha!"

56 posted on 01/10/2016 7:55:16 PM PST by EternalVigilance ('A man without force is without the essential dignity of humanity.' - Frederick Douglass)
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To: Hieronymus

http://www.dtonline.org/vle/mod/lesson/view.php?id=276

Disadvantages: typically more expensive than other types of bridge, except suspension bridges

Sounds more like the bridge was built badly than the design was bad... I’m still missing on this one...


57 posted on 01/10/2016 7:55:24 PM PST by GOPJ (Trump's living rent-free in Jeb's head - in a robe and comfy slippers. FlickLives)
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To: kiryandil

Dont think this is the one I’m thinking of but it looks like a good read so I went ahead and ordered it. Thanks.


58 posted on 01/10/2016 7:57:06 PM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: Leaning Right

Good to have a sense of humor but I would be too busy digging a foxhole with my helmet to find the humor in it. Funny guy, thanks.


59 posted on 01/10/2016 7:59:42 PM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: Hieronymus

Sounds like a contractor cut some corners.


60 posted on 01/10/2016 8:01:07 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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