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Facebook group names I-66 construction crane "Steve," endless memes follow
Inside NoVa ^ | August 10, 2019 | Inside NoVa

Posted on 08/24/2019 12:56:35 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It doesn’t get much more Northern Virginia than this.

Traffic woes and construction delays are daily gripes on the local Facebook group, “Western Prince William Chatter.” Then Steve came along -- and brought joy to the group's 20,000-plus members.

"It seems he is the light at the end of the tunnel when you're STUCK in that horrible traffic! Thanks for entertaining us Steve and for those calling him Bob, just no," one Facebooker wrote.

Before WPWC members gave him a name, Steve was simply known as a rubber tire crane. He came to the Manassas area to lift 10 concrete beams for the new Bull Run Drive Bridge over Interstate 66.

Those beams are each 131-feet long and weigh 62 tons, the Virginia Department of Transportation said.

Steve’s really strong.

“Steve is a 'rubber tire' (RT) crane (versus a Crawler Crane that has a track wheel),” says Michelle T. Holland, VDOT Megaprojects spokeswoman.

(Excerpt) Read more at insidenova.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: chat; construction; crane; dang; equipment; facebook; fairfax; gainesville; i66; infrastructure; localnews; maryland; mountairy; nickname; p3; ppp; steve; tolls; traffic; transform66; transportation; virginia
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1 posted on 08/24/2019 12:56:35 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: 100American; al baby; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; Lazamataz; ...

DANG!


2 posted on 08/24/2019 12:58:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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I-66 drivers find inspiration in the outstretched arms of ‘Steve the Crane’ (8/9/19)
3 posted on 08/24/2019 1:01:00 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I can’t believe they just assumed the crane’s gender.


4 posted on 08/24/2019 1:05:31 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: bk1000

LOL!


5 posted on 08/24/2019 1:12:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: 100American; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Steve the Crane hails from Mt. Airy, Maryland.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


6 posted on 08/24/2019 1:13:24 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: bk1000

In fact, I think you just won the interwebs for the day.


7 posted on 08/24/2019 1:13:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

When I saw “rubber tire crane,” I was hoping for an early-1950’s Schield Bantam with a boom on a WWII surplus 6x6 Studebaker truck chassis... then I saw what kind of weight we were talking about.


8 posted on 08/24/2019 1:14:42 PM PDT by niteowl77
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I think that’s adorable! We are currently living through Construction Hell on the ONE road I HAVE to take to get into The Big City.

I wish we had a ‘Steve’ to amuse us!


9 posted on 08/24/2019 1:18:04 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

He just needs a concertina and he could play “Greensleeves (What Child is This)” https://youtu.be/hLMTDyJ2klw


10 posted on 08/24/2019 1:45:49 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Another web site wants me to pay to read their article...FO


11 posted on 08/24/2019 1:48:03 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: bk1000

Good point. Maybe the thing wants to be known as Michelle.


12 posted on 08/24/2019 1:50:42 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Tethingxas Eagle)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Memes are our future.

Memes got Donald Trump and memes shall get Trump re-elected.

13 posted on 08/24/2019 1:51:55 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: bk1000

Bull Run
Stephen Crane
Red Badge of Courage

It appears Red Badge of Courage took place at Chancellorsville though....still not too far away from Bull Run. It’s good to see some people still appreciate American History.


14 posted on 08/24/2019 2:03:27 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I-66 is one dark road. Went from I-495 to I-81 at 2 in the morning. A little shaky.


15 posted on 08/24/2019 2:18:27 PM PDT by o-n-money
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

How do you know about Mt. Airy?


16 posted on 08/24/2019 2:48:54 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: bk1000
I can’t believe they just assumed the crane’s gender.

He's also called Bob, if he gets a bob they could call him Stephanie...

17 posted on 08/24/2019 2:53:02 PM PDT by null and void (Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
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To: null and void

If they called it Stephanie they’d be admitting it’s a bull dyke on steroids.


18 posted on 08/24/2019 2:59:13 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Yes, and?


19 posted on 08/24/2019 3:07:37 PM PDT by null and void (Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
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To: scrabblehack

“Stephen Crane
Red Badge of Courage”

LOL! I am glad there is actual significance to the name. I regret I didn’t know it.


20 posted on 08/24/2019 3:43:24 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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