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To: Abigail Adams
Found this link on DU with pics. (Gotta give credit where credit is due!)
1,505 posted on 08/01/2007 8:38:35 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom, Bible Thumper and Proud to be an American! RUN, FRED, RUN!!!)
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To: pillut48

Cool! One report specified fatigue cracking on one of the approach spans (not the spans that go over the water).


1,515 posted on 08/01/2007 8:43:29 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: pillut48

The critical part of the info from your link:

National Bridge Inventory contains a report on this bridge from 2003. It reports the following items:

Deck Condition: Fair.
Superstructure Condition: Poor.
Substructure Condition: Satisfactory.
Scour: Foundations determined to be stable.
Bridge Railings: Meets currently acceptable standards.
Structural Evaluation: Meets minimum tolerable limits to be left in place as-is.
Water Adequacy Evaluation: Superior to present desirable criteria.
Bridge Sufficiency Rating: 50%


1,686 posted on 08/01/2007 10:43:37 PM PDT by tcrlaf (You can lead a Liberal to LOGIC, but you can't make it THINK)
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