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To: BenLurkin

9 posted on 01/22/2017 12:58:20 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Ray76

Old Ben is no engineer, but that looks like a serious problem.


12 posted on 01/22/2017 1:05:23 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Ray76

Come on! A little crazy glue, some elbow grease, good as new!

Seriously, though, it does appear that you could replace the gusset plates with longer ones, grabbing the intact portion of the beam, assuming you could winch it back into place. Something like this happened about ten years ago in Boston when a (Canadian) truck hit a vertical beam on a major traffic artery. They actually managed to save the bridge and it’s held up all these years. You would probably need thicker gusset plates, and on both sides, but it would be a lot cheaper and faster than a new bridge.

Order the gusset plates on Tuesday, put out a request for repair bids on Monday.


13 posted on 01/22/2017 1:10:40 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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To: Ray76

Wow, that’s a pretty clean break. Don’t see any obvious rust.


25 posted on 01/22/2017 1:40:49 PM PST by Fury
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To: Ray76

That’ll buff right out.


27 posted on 01/22/2017 1:43:57 PM PST by Castlebar
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What’s in that rusty inner bit? Looks like a round something? A void, rivet? Weird.


28 posted on 01/22/2017 1:49:37 PM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: Ray76

That’ll buff right out!


32 posted on 01/22/2017 2:08:54 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Ray76
Crack?

That's not a crack
That's a clean break. A total disconnect.

Sort of like Obama's claim for his performance as president and painful reality...

35 posted on 01/22/2017 2:20:02 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: Ray76

Oooof! As the graduate of an engineering program that included classes in Statics, Solid Mechanics, Materials Science, etc, I can tell you in no uncertain terms, That Is Not Good.

Technically speaking.


45 posted on 01/22/2017 3:13:28 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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