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"The bridge closure was expected to cause a traffic nightmare during the morning commute. The California Highway Patrol was alerting Bay Area transit operators about the closure so they could try to prepare for a crush of additional passengers Wednesday."
1 posted on 10/28/2009 9:27:43 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

0bama’s fault!!!!!!


2 posted on 10/28/2009 9:28:50 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: Enterprise

Other bridges are out too, including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland, Champlain Bridge in Vermont and a few other i can’t immediately recall. what’s up with these bridges ???


3 posted on 10/28/2009 9:30:18 AM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Something stinks in Oslo)
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To: Enterprise

Cable just installed last month according to news reports.


4 posted on 10/28/2009 9:30:53 AM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: Enterprise

No, no...obviously Bush’s fault.

And - of course - since it’s an engineering problem, completely beyond the Obamaloon administration capability to detect and fix.


6 posted on 10/28/2009 9:31:17 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Enterprise

That cable is RACIST!


11 posted on 10/28/2009 9:34:15 AM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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“...a major bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland”

“The bridge, a California landmark...”

“...a piece of metal roughly 3 feet long fell onto the bridge’s westbound lanes...”

“The bridge closure was expected to cause a traffic nightmare during the morning commute...”

Did anyone else notice that the article never identifies to which bridge they are referring? Leave it to the Fresno Bee!

I guess we can assume the Bay Bridge, but you know what they say about making an ASS(of)U(&)ME.


13 posted on 10/28/2009 9:37:13 AM PDT by downtownconservative (As Obama lies, liberty dies!)
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To: Enterprise
Things have gotten so bad in San Francisco that now even the bridge is jumping off the bridge!
15 posted on 10/28/2009 9:37:43 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (HARDCORE RRREDNECK! yip yip)
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To: Enterprise

No matter the snide comments that arise on this thread, the response appears commensurate with the event. If the bridge is new, then the investigation should pinpoint whether the design was bad or the implementation was off. (Note: Failure to properly understand the loads due to rush hour traffic is a requirements/design issue.)

If the bridge is older, one would need to decide if the installation had been degraded by time and weather, as well.


16 posted on 10/28/2009 9:40:18 AM PDT by MortMan (Stubbing one's toes is a valid (if painful) way of locating furniture in the dark.)
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To: Enterprise

18 posted on 10/28/2009 9:41:17 AM PDT by dfwgator
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I wouldn’t worry too much. I hear that the bridge is too big to fail.


20 posted on 10/28/2009 9:42:34 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: Enterprise

Cable breaks! California is doomed. Article#15,902


21 posted on 10/28/2009 9:43:36 AM PDT by dragnet2
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.....closed a major bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland ......

So, why should I give a damn about either place? The bridge is a nexus of evil


36 posted on 10/28/2009 10:13:33 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Quotes of the century: 2001 "Lets Roll"..... 2009 "You Lie")
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Oakland is trying to move away from San Francisco as far as possible before Pelosi and Feinstein return home


41 posted on 10/28/2009 10:22:35 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (God bless)
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