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To: Wegelhof
I wonder how much tonnage a bridge span can handle.

Didn't design bridges (which may very well have HIGHER numbers) but always used a "Safety Factor" of at least seven times the absolute maximum load for design of structures.

In addition, I recall seeing a note that said the bridge is privately owned, which cuts out the corruption/graft factor involved in most-if-not-all gummint projects.

Chock full of trucks or not, I'd walk across that bridge. With all of our family.

1,429 posted on 02/10/2022 5:33:25 PM PST by Unrepentant VN Vet (Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And I said, Here am I; send me.)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet

Chock full of trucks or not, I’d walk across that bridge. With all of our family.......

Your a better man than me. Even worst if you can see through the deck. The Mackinaw Bridge is that way. Dont enjoy those.


1,433 posted on 02/10/2022 5:51:52 PM PST by Wegelhof (November 6th, 2020 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States was attacked from within.)
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