Posted on 03/15/2018 3:29:54 PM PDT by Kaslin
Built with labor of illegal immigrants.
That was what I was thinking - sleazeball (Dem connected) contractor low-balls the bid and then uses Chinese cement and Chinese steel to pull a profit - the illegals working on the structure is just bonus money
Next time just dig I nice little tunnel UNDER the highway.
supposed eye witness told Shepard Smith on Fox News that he saw a crane drop a heavy object on one end of the bridge, causing it to collapse. He said the crane was then moved. This was not confirmed at news conferences which, as is usually the case in the initial stages of such events, gave very little information.
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False flag...Chinese steel also, likely...no accidents exist.
So maybe 80 feet at most?
That was not a bridge. That was the equivalent of the 1X6 board I pushed across the stream at age 7 when I was hoping to not get my feet wet. (all of me got wet).
That bridge was obviously not designed and built by a Nat Taggart, (or by Dagny Taggart and Hank Rearden).
Looks more like something Jim Taggart and Wesley Mouch would design with the primary intent of ripping off the taxpayers.
I read somewhere that it was 150 ft long.
Terrible. RIP.
Time to ban those bridges.
Lowest bid by a minority contractor....
This was no “simple “ pedestrian bridge. It was 30 ft wide for walking and biking. It had some kind of cover so it could also be used for spectators(???). Design pictures also showed the vertical support was not going to be in the middle of the road but off to one side of the road. If that would have been the middle of the bridge, might that mean that half of the bridge was over grass, not the road? Sounds rather extravagent to me.
If its a suspension bridges where are the suspensions?
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=syfPW_1521157532
I think you’re right!
We need to ban assault bridges. No one needs a military-grade bridge!
I bet this bridge was full semi and didn’t have stop signs or stop lights. I bet people could just walk across it without being stopped, full semi auto.
We need to ban them.
Ed
I wonder why there was no proof loading before the structure was raised.
A wise person once said “you can’t fix stupid”.
The engineering department originally did not possess enough diversity. After adding a couple of aspiring rap singers the engineering plans were approved. Also the cousin of the persons responsible for disbursing the funds was able to purchase materials at a great discount.
I’ve been saying for some time now to be careful because at some point, the ‘Affirmitive Action’ engineers are gonna start building bridges.
correction: over a canal and shorter than the part over the road
“Workers at the scene told Local 10 News reporter Carlos Suarez that the bridge was undergoing some sort of stress test when it collapsed..” Top of page—direct link no longer works:
“Renderings showed a tall, off-center tower with cables attached to the walkway to support it. When the bridge collapsed, the main tower had not yet been installed, and it was unclear what the builders were using as temporary supports.”
We obviously need bridge control. When will the students walk out?
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