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Salt on decks corrodes rebar in the deck. Drainage systems on bridge decks divert all storm water away from the structural elements. (but it does look like an upper chord failure, at a support bent. The weakest point on a cantilever is over the support bents)


1,543 posted on 08/01/2007 8:57:05 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: editor-surveyor

Salt on decks corrodes rebar in the deck. Drainage systems on bridge decks divert all storm water away from the structural elements. (but it does look like an upper chord failure, at a support bent. The weakest point on a cantilever is over the support bents)
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I heard a witness(FOX) that said he saw it buckle in the “middle.”,,,Maybe thats why it looks like it was pulled down in/from the middle...?


1,584 posted on 08/01/2007 9:15:55 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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