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Posted on 10/15/2011 10:00:49 AM PDT by savedbygrace
Why steal easy stuff when there are entire bridges to be stolen?
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That was my first thought. My second was, wow price of steel must really have gone up!
Should we send out the spork-weasels to help?
Really—a bridge?!
Okay, where was Teddy Kennedy that night?
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On the way to Gravity Hill?
“Yeah .. but .. this one went somewhere.”
Brooklyn?
You loved it as a kid. Now you're ready for the real thing.
Tony’s pretty good salvage company ...
I tend to use scaffolding as my adult erector set.
Now a days an erector set consists of a Penthouse and a bottle of Viagra™.
"Description This bridge has portal markings that identify it as a Morse Bridge Company span.
Facts
Overview Lost cantilevered through truss bridge over Mahoning River on Covert Road
Location Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Status Replaced by new bridge
History Built 1887; replaced 2003
Builder - Morse Bridge Co.
Design Through truss
Dimensions Length of largest span: 149.9 ft. Total length: 300.9 ft. Deck width: 14.1 ft. Vertical clearance above deck: 9.4 ft.
Recognition Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude +40.99667, -80.41500 (decimal degrees) 40°59'48" N, 80°24'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates 17/549201/4538551 (zone/easting/northing) USGS topographic map Bessemer Inventory numbers PA 37 7214 0372 7012 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number) BH 41644 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/1991) Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9) Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9) Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9) Appraisal: Structurally deficient Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1991) 200 "
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Haha. Oh boy, that brings back memories.
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