The bearing plates aren’t that scary. Like Jim says, where can they go?
That concrete scares me.
The only thing holding that pier together is the rebar inside. Or the steel beam inside.
The concrete is effectively shattered.
The steel is inside where we can’t see it.
But we know what’s happening to it.
It’s rusting and the rust is running out the cracks and down the outside of the pier.
How much steel is left?
That pier is supporting two spans of bridge.
The shattered concrete atop that pier is holding nothing.
The steel inside is all that’s holding up those spans.
How much steel is left?
Thank you, I am relieved a little. But that is because of your explanation of the steel plates. I was under the impression they were not allowing the bridge to give a little as designed, thus causing more stress to the bridge.
Almost all the columns look just like this and some worse. These have been a concern of mine for years and they have simply gotten worse as the thruway authority in NY is supposed to maintain these bridges using our toll money.
An over pass just up the thruway almost collapsed 2 years ago and they were ignoring ou until an investigative reporter finally blew them out by doing news reports and posting pictures of the corroded columns. This is what we finally got for a repair after the bridge fell 4 inches.
290 overpass
