Posted on 05/24/2013 12:18:57 AM PDT by djf
Bush’s fault? No way!!!!
Like Obamatollah, I blame the ATM machines that also destroyed the economy.
Thanks djf.
It’ll be blamed on Bush, Republicans, conservatives, opponents of overtaxing Americans, the sequestration...
Yea, it looks like the “about” in “about 18 feet of water” has a very wide range!
Time for Obama to claim credit for the bridge across the Detroit river that Canada is paying for.
No, this is a rarity. Both the state (Washington) and the federal government are responsible for funding inspection and upkeep of the Interstate road system. Additionally, non-government organizations, primarily engineering profesionals, bolster the inspection process.
This is what the much ballyhood stimulus bill of 2009 was designed to repair. Unfortunately most of the funding was diverted by political favoritism to the likes of Green Energy, et al.
Ah, ok. I thought it happened more than it should.
I thought it was happening a bit too often recently. My bag.
No it isn't! :(
There’s no reason for that bridge to have collapsed. I believe an overheight semi may have rammed the girders.
It appears that a truck did hit the bridge but that shouldn’t cause a collapse.
I'm just glad no one was hurt, esp. since my own small kids travel on that stretch of road.
It’s a very shallow river and it wasn’t a fall. More like driving down a very steep ramp into water that would act as a cushion. The speed limit in that area is 55-60 and the drivers probably saw it going down before they reach it.
Bet they could do a temp repair in 2-3 weeks.
They'll bleet and holler about needing more money for infrastructure, and when they get it unless it buys tons of cement and rebar, they'll spend it on something else.
They just don't care!
You are seeing where the surface finish paint cracked off due to the stretching and deformation of the metal. You are seeing the primer layer underneath.
That stretch of highway is actually pretty well maintained - worlds ahead of the narrow pothole- and crack-ridden slabs of concrete they call roads in New York (another Democrat-controlled paradise). When the truck hit the bridge at high speed it obviously displaced the entire section from the supporting column which precipitated the collapse. There was nothing wrong with this bridge.
"Washington Department of Transportation does not have adequate controls to ensure that information the Recovery Act required to be reported for its highway program is accurate." (page 19)
Translation: The State of Washington's accounting system sucks and they couldn't (or didn't want to) keep track of where the money went.
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