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To: rottndog

Atlanta. 2017. Interstate 85 bridge collapse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_85_bridge_collapse

Homeless jerks with a campfire ignited many, many spools of fiber optic conduit stored under an elevated section of I-85 a little north of Midtown Atlanta, between the I-75 split and GA 400. Destroyed a section of the elevated highway, some of the supports.

Government got a contractor on board to replace who had huge incentives for a fast replacement, then got out of the way other than ensuring quality of construction. 43 days after the event, I-85 reopened.


13 posted on 06/11/2023 7:52:48 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Same thing happened after the huge earthquake in ‘94...an overpass on a major SoCal freeway collapsed...the contractor was given carte blanche to get the overpass rebuilt as fast as possible, and was given incentives for each day the work was done before a set deadline. They worked 24-7, nonstop from demolition to reopening the freeway. It was only a few weeks, whereas normally such work would take years.


25 posted on 06/11/2023 8:17:19 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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