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Overpass north of Montreal collapses, trapping at least 1 vehicle: reports
CP via Yahoo! ^ | 9/30/06 | Canadian Press

Posted on 09/30/2006 11:05:17 AM PDT by conservative in nyc

Quebec police say an overpass north of Montreal has collapsed.

All-news channel LCN is reporting that at least one vehicle is trapped in the rubble and that five people have been injured.

Quebec provincial police say the overpass on Boulevard de la Concorde gave out early this afternoon, crashing onto Highway 19.

Emergency crews are on the scene.

Highway 19 connects Laval to the island of Montreal.


TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: collapse; laval; montreal; overpass
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To: fanfan
There are now English-language accounts of the "demarcation" - apparently, a motorist saw the bridge sink a few inches when he crossed it shortly before the collapse. The motorist told LCN that he was so freaked out that he called 911 and reported it.


Hindsight is always 20/20, but the Quebec authorities had about an hours' notice that something was wrong.

According to the most recent news reports, the overpass was probably built in the 1970s.
41 posted on 09/30/2006 2:44:51 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: Toby06
Few bridges are lightly travelled. With thousands of vehicles crossing them every single day, it takes its toll on them. The problem is the maintenance. Its the one aspect of public roads many governments overlook and not just in Quebec. With housing, the main problem is termites. They eat away at the framework but it takes years before the damage is obvious. With a bridge, structural weaknesses are seldom apparent unless a close inspection of it is done and there are thousands of them in just one region.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

42 posted on 09/30/2006 2:47:17 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: fanfan
The word is the same in either language.

Une démarcation le long de la route provinciale 19 fait partie de la structure du système routier dans la région Laval de Québec.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

43 posted on 09/30/2006 2:51:23 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
With public housing, the main problem is termites.

It's not the termites, it's the occupants of public housing that cause the destruction.

44 posted on 09/30/2006 2:55:17 PM PDT by muggs
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To: conservative in nyc
the Quebec authorities had about an hours' notice that something was wrong.

The cops should have sent a car to investigate, and closed the road. Instead they may have just called the city. (guessing)

On a weekend, with unionized workers involved. That would be an accident waiting to happen, as it were.

Sad for the citizens and their families.

45 posted on 09/30/2006 2:57:24 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: goldstategop

Notice I said public housing? It's not the uninvited vermin that destroy them, it's the residents.

BTW, I work in the bridge building industry, thanks.


46 posted on 09/30/2006 3:00:09 PM PDT by Toby06 (Hydrogen is not a fuel source. Hydrogen is an energy storage method, like a battery.)
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To: goldstategop; conservative in nyc
Synonyms

Demarcation:

bound, confine, delimitation, differentiation, distinction, division, enclosure, limit, margin, separation, split, terminus

Thanks GSGOP. :-)

47 posted on 09/30/2006 3:01:57 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: windcliff

sad news ping


48 posted on 09/30/2006 6:06:47 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: CaptainCanada
Although who knows if this relates here, widespread public sector corruption has long been far more of an issue in Quebec than anywhere else in Canada.

Notwithstanding how Quebecers may feel about Stephen Harper & the Conservatives on any given issue from Afghanistan to the Gun Registry, if they're seen to be offering clean & fair government, it will go a long,long way in the next election.
49 posted on 10/01/2006 4:42:55 AM PDT by GMMAC (Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
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To: GMMAC

prayers


50 posted on 10/01/2006 5:15:06 AM PDT by Twinkie (Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.)
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To: mewzilla
"There must be something in the concrete in Laval - this is the second time an overpass has collapsed there this decade."

It's probably what's not in the concrete that is the problem (i.e., proper reinforcement, correct cement/aggregate mixture, etc.)

51 posted on 10/01/2006 5:55:03 AM PDT by Pablo64 ("Everything I say is fully substantiated by my own opinion.")
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To: Pablo64
The latest....

Four killed in overpass collapse Vehicles completely crushed

52 posted on 10/01/2006 5:57:41 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: GMMAC
Agreed....
53 posted on 10/01/2006 6:33:59 AM PDT by CaptainCanada (Assalamu Alaykum - may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits...)
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To: mewzilla
Your linked article says 2 + 3 in the two crushed cars for 5 dead in total.
54 posted on 10/01/2006 12:12:44 PM PDT by GMMAC (Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
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