Posted on 03/30/2024 8:30:32 PM PDT by DallasBiff
According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, US-59 south of Sallisaw is shut down after a barge struck a bridge at the Kerr Reservoir
(Excerpt) Read more at 5newsonline.com ...
Usually if a rr bridge gets whacked and closed for inspection, it's a buried news item. But if it's a highway bridge, that's a big deal -- especially when the Eggners Ferry bridge across KY Lake was hit and the shipping channel span collapsed.
In any event, I'd expect any of these that don't have protection for the supports* would be taken out by an 8 knot direct hit by a 100+ kt displacement vessel.
*I'm not sure any do have protection -- temporary closures after barge hits seem to apply to all.
P
There was an i40 bridge that was destroyed several years back. (Corrct me if I’m wrong, Oklahoma I think). They rebuilt that bridge in like 2 months. CHEMCRETE.
Hope these bridge crashes are not giving terrorists ideas.
Just a reminder that things like this happen. And sometimes an accident is just an accident.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bayou_Canot_rail_accident
It used to be SOP to build bumpers to protect bridge piers especially where they spanned over heavily trafficked channels.
Remember the one that collapsed in 2002 onI-40 near there?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.