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To: RetiredTexasVet

I want to know how anyone thinks putting up a span of a cable stayed bridge, without the central tower and cables being there first to hold the load, is a safe, workable idea.

And I am an engineer.


125 posted on 03/18/2018 8:10:07 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

On this very site there are people who would tell you it is commonplace. I worked as a rigger and as a pile buck and bridge painter. This design was meant to be supported with cables from a center tower. To allow traffic, including pedestrians within 100ft is insane. Someone should go up for homicide or manslaughter. I would not have worked on that bridge, and I have done some very similar things but only with proper support. Those men on the upper part should have been harnessed to the man lifts or cranes. That bridge was not safe to be worked on, let alone driven under.


143 posted on 03/18/2018 9:39:37 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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