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Bay Bridge closed after rod snaps, cars hit
SFGate ^
| oct 27, 2009
| Michael Cabanatuan
Posted on 10/27/2009 8:09:38 PM PDT by Thidwick
Authorities said they are shutting down the Bay Bridge in both directions after pieces of the cantilever section fell during the late-afternoon commute, striking three vehicles on the upper deck, the California Highway Patrol said.
Caltrans officials said the parts that fell were two high-strength rods and a saddle that were part of the emergency repair that delayed the opening of the bridge on Labor Day weekend.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: bay; bayarea; baybridge; braking; breaking; bridge; california; cantilever; cars; closed; hit; rod; sanfrancisco; snaps
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To: Thunder90
A 5.0 probably wouldn’t do anything. The 1989 quake was 60 miles away and a 6.9-7, almost 100 times stronger.
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posted on
10/27/2009 10:34:04 PM PDT
by
Wacka
To: Domangart
Sounds like they should put you in charge of the project. I don’t know what the heck a “washer plate” is but if you’ve narrowed down the problem that specifically based on news reports, seems like you’re brighter than the folks overseeing the bridge work.
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posted on
10/27/2009 10:49:47 PM PDT
by
baa39
To: ThomasThomas
Another major concern is the delay in finishing the schematic designs, which are being drawn up by a team in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oh but Arnold saved money by screwing Bechtel and going with his buddy (and financial backer) Warren Buffet's buddy Peter Kiewit (in whom Warren is invested). Who cares about the cost of delays; the bid was less (at first).
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posted on
10/27/2009 11:13:02 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(Grovelnator Schwarzenkaiser, fashionable fascism one charade at a time.)
To: BigBobber
California spent so much money on medicaid fraud and welfare for illegal immigrants, so now it can’t afford to buy high quality steel made in America. It feels good to be out of there permanently, although my hometown will always be my hometown.
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posted on
10/27/2009 11:17:26 PM PDT
by
your local physicist
(If the Canadians and Brazilians can drill for oil off their Atlantic coast, why can't we?)
To: Thidwick
Caltrans officials said the parts that fell were two high-strength rods and a saddle that were part of the emergency repair that delayed the opening of the bridge on Labor Day weekend. They should have used duct tape (or maybe they did).
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posted on
10/27/2009 11:20:29 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Carry_Okie
You know I’m really starting to think all these quality problems in Chinese products (steel, drywall, toothpaste, etc.) are not a coincidence. How could all that drywall shipped to America be contaminated with noxious chemicals when none of the other drywall made in China has that problem? I don’t buy their explanation.
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posted on
10/27/2009 11:23:45 PM PDT
by
your local physicist
(If the Canadians and Brazilians can drill for oil off their Atlantic coast, why can't we?)
To: BigBobber
Said the parts were made in China. I just lost all confidence in that bridge.
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posted on
10/27/2009 11:31:21 PM PDT
by
giotto
To: Thidwick
Gah..Im glad Im not the guy who has to repair that thing. I think jumping out of a plane is easier next to that.
To: TaxPayer2000; All
one of the videos from the website has an interview with the Rider truck driver....a must see!Go see the vid clip folks. A good chuckle.
"I see dis in da movie but, ah, I never see dis, uh, uh, like dat!"
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posted on
10/28/2009 12:39:59 AM PDT
by
houeto
(I peered inside the Treasury's door and alas, the entire vault was empty. We've been robbed!)
To: Thidwick
..people of the bay area will be worried, some human robot in China, who's responsibility is to get things done, is on the “short list”
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:14:59 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: houeto
yeah.....
reporter: I’m glad your ok sir
driver: yea
reporter: ever see anything like this in Mexico?
driver: I no speak....ah...ah...
reporter: when did you become a citizen?
driver: me gotta go,I no...
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:22:36 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Thidwick
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posted on
10/28/2009 2:25:31 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: your local physicist
...You know Im really starting to think all these quality problems in Chinese products (steel, drywall, toothpaste, etc.) are not a coincidence...Then don't buy a Lenovo computer or laptop. I read that some suspect the Chinese have built "backdoors" into the chips.
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posted on
10/28/2009 4:27:49 AM PDT
by
FReepaholic
(Give me ambiguity or give me something else!)
To: Wacka
A 6.5-7.0 on the Hayward fault will drop this bridge-permanently-if it happens before the complete set of upgrades is complete.
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