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Fire under Atlanta I85 bridge causes collapse. ATL will be paralyzed for days.
30 Mar 17 | RACookPE 1978

Posted on 03/30/2017 5:40:45 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE

A oil or chemical fire, perhaps in a rail car under the I85 bridge in downtown Atlanta between I75 ,400, and I85 caused a section of I85 to collapse 1 hour ago. Traffic is expected to stopped for weeks until the elevated highway section is replaced.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: georgia; i85
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To: FreedomPoster

Last time I took MARTA was to the TEA Party rally at the Capitol. Hopefully I can remember how to do it! You wouldn’t think this would effect 400 north of the perimeter, but this is Atlanta...


101 posted on 03/30/2017 8:05:41 PM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

If they are smart (and I am not saying they are) they will give it to an outside contractor with a bonus for early completion


102 posted on 03/30/2017 8:06:45 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

There is way too much money in conspiracy nonsense for idiotic thing like physics to get in the way. They’ll simply label this as a false flag operation performed by various subverts so that some evildoer can clear out some secret government vault.


103 posted on 03/30/2017 8:09:15 PM PDT by edh (I need a better tagline)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

One of the issues people didn’t consider .. the super hot fuel (aircrafts were full - had just taken off) .. and since iron will soften at super-heated temperatures; it would be logical for the bridge to bend, and break.


104 posted on 03/30/2017 8:10:16 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("Peace Through Strength")
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To: Secret Agent Man

LOL .. only you would think of that ..LOL


105 posted on 03/30/2017 8:34:07 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("Peace Through Strength")
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Soon to be released video of a rocket being fired at the bridge, or maybe black helicopters landing and a demolition team jumping out and laying charges, or Reptilian aliens firing lasers at the bridge from their flying saucers or maybe George Bush did it?


106 posted on 03/30/2017 8:43:50 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Gamecock

Yeah and I bet CNN is on Bill Sherman’s where abouts as I write this!


107 posted on 03/30/2017 8:46:29 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE; Lazamataz
Like, *PING*, Laz.

Thanks, Robert A Cook, PE.

108 posted on 03/30/2017 9:53:35 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: BwanaNdege
What I cannot understand is why the RR didn't shunt the cars out from under the overpass - 50 to 100 yards would have prevented the whole problem.

Looks to me they were being stored under the bridge - not on train tracks.

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109 posted on 03/30/2017 10:05:26 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: DCmarcher-976453; Robert A. Cook, PE; FreedomPoster; All

First skate board style travel pads, then cell phone batteries, now fiber optic tubing. What next, coffee makers?


110 posted on 03/30/2017 11:40:15 PM PDT by gleeaikin (question authority!)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Assuming you’re coming I75 south you’ll need to
take I285 as though you’re going to Birmingham (via I20).

Be mindful as you approach this exit which is in the
Marietta/Smyrna area. Lotta lane jumpers who wait until
the last minute to navigate to their required lanes.

This will put you on the outer band of I285.
Stay on I285 until you get to the I75 south exit.

No biggie.


111 posted on 03/30/2017 11:49:34 PM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: CyberAnt

I was just thinking of california talking about seceding and then begging for fedgov help from flooding.


112 posted on 03/31/2017 12:07:22 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

This is impossible. The noted structural engineer and metalurgist, Rosie Odonnell, stated it is impossible for fire to melt steel.


113 posted on 03/31/2017 12:16:31 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Good. Because it was a slap in the face to us here every time some wilder-beast like Rosie O’Donell spouted this garbage.


114 posted on 03/31/2017 12:17:04 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Enlightened1

Yeah, surprisingly, although at times it can really suck, commuting to Rockefeller Plaza from Staten Island usually wasn’t that bad.

The traffic might not move fast in Manhattan, but it does move.


115 posted on 03/31/2017 12:19:21 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Mayor Mohammed (his actual first name) was very quick to make the required ‘Not terrorism!’ announcement.


116 posted on 03/31/2017 12:54:04 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: minnesota_bound

I can’t figure it out, road projects of the sort that used to be done in two or three months now take many years.


117 posted on 03/31/2017 2:03:20 AM PDT by RipSawyer (R)
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To: Gamecock

Speaking of which . . . the British burned DC on August 24, 1814.


118 posted on 03/31/2017 2:17:36 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: bk1000

Take Roswell Road....


119 posted on 03/31/2017 4:11:34 AM PDT by nevergore
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Sure would be nice if it did. However, that video a few years back by that blacksmith/welder showing bar’s integrity failing at less than “needed temperature” should be proof enough.

At the end of the day, people believe what they want despite logic and reason. Hence why we still have followers of J Smith, M Eddy, C Russell, and M Muhammad.


120 posted on 03/31/2017 5:34:35 AM PDT by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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