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Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge starting to fail in Big Sur
KSBW8 ^ | February 13 2017 | Caitlin Conrad

Posted on 02/15/2017 12:39:25 AM PST by daisy12

BIG SUR, Calif. — Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge in Big Sur is starting to fail.

According to CalTrans an active slide has been taking place on the mountainside under the bridge since Saturday. The slide is moving one of two column holding the bridge up and cracks are visible at the top of the post. "Basically the mountainside that it is sitting on is moving, which, causes the column to move," said Heath Johnston with CalTrans.

The problem has the bridge closed to all vehicle traffic and California Highway Patrol is turning people around at Big Sur Station.

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(Excerpt) Read more at ksbw.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bigsur; california; infrastructure
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To: daisy12

Here is a really radical idea........don’t send one more penny out of this country (OUR money) until roads, bridges, roads, pipes, buildings, etc. are fixed, repaired, replaced or restored.

Not. One. Cent.


41 posted on 02/15/2017 4:57:03 AM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: 21twelve

I used to work for a company that made a product that would do just that. One of them was a liquid epoxy that you would dip sheets of Kevlar or some sort of carbon fiber in, then wrap the post.

I’m sure there are engineering standards for how many wraps and how long to do the repair.

This stuff was strong. We once made a single sheet about 4” wide and 12” long. We suspended it between two Coke cans and I stood on it with one foot. I weigh 200 lbs. It’s held.


42 posted on 02/15/2017 5:34:36 AM PST by cyclotic (Republicans Are without excuse. Flood the Resolute Desk with sane legislation.)
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To: Cobra64

I used to love riding my motorcycle on the PCH.


43 posted on 02/15/2017 5:46:54 AM PST by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: exDemMom

Wrong bridge.

Note the square columns on you bridge and the round columns on the failing bridge.


44 posted on 02/15/2017 6:13:11 AM PST by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: daisy12

Who needs this bridge when you can take a bullet train?


45 posted on 02/15/2017 6:15:30 AM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: Cobra64

Yes, thank you for the pictures! With my fear of heights, I would have been nervous driving over that bridge without knowing it had structural problems.


46 posted on 02/15/2017 6:22:47 AM PST by Quilla
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To: Quilla; Cobra64

No worries about the wrong pics, my post still applies. :)


47 posted on 02/15/2017 6:24:57 AM PST by Quilla
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To: ColdOne
I am surprised...CALTRANS actually has people working and not watching porn all day? Pfft!

My take exactly...

48 posted on 02/15/2017 7:13:35 AM PST by GOPJ (Democrats appoint activist 'judges' to legislate from the bench. WE NEED TO DO THE SAME.)
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To: Cobra64

Love that drive. Actually, I love PCH in Southern Cal too.


49 posted on 02/15/2017 7:20:36 AM PST by sheana
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To: GOPJ

Probably they were issued tablets so they can watch porn while “working”.


50 posted on 02/15/2017 7:59:08 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: daisy12

Well I am glad that I drove that whole highway for the first time about six weeks ago. LA up to Santa Barbara — San Luis Obispo — Half Moon Bay — San Fran.

Wonderful scenery, wonderful people, insane culture, criminal government.


51 posted on 02/15/2017 8:13:42 AM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Flick Lives

Duct tape ought to take care of it.


52 posted on 02/15/2017 8:39:00 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Flick Lives
That can't be good.

I definitely would not volunteer to go down and take the next picture!

53 posted on 02/15/2017 9:17:17 AM PST by pa_dweller (President Donald Trump, President Donald Trump. Because I know you like seeing it.)
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To: Doogle

lol. We need a train for the fruitcakes first!


54 posted on 02/15/2017 9:19:55 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
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To: pa_dweller

I definitely would not volunteer to go down and take the next picture!


I think the only thing holding up that pylon at this point is the rebar.


55 posted on 02/15/2017 9:26:54 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: daisy12

Perhaps they can use virtue signaling, transgender rights and political resistance to repair it.


56 posted on 02/15/2017 11:31:32 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("January 20, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.")
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To: daisy12

There is, or was, an ice cream joint just south of Ragged Point on PCH 1.
That road is one of the scariest I’ve ever driven with the kids in the car, as oncoming cars rounding the curves would frequently swerve over the line.
The kids would scream, unnerving me even more.
Soon they’d all scream for ice cream and we’d have to stop.


57 posted on 02/15/2017 12:28:36 PM PST by mumblypeg (Make America Macho Again.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

I totally understand, California is a swamp, I know I live here.
But this bridge was a product of a better time in California.
I have done this road 20+ times over the years(motor bikes) and this bridge is just breathtaking every time.
On my scale of value this is equal to part of Mt Rushmore.


58 posted on 02/22/2017 5:16:33 PM PST by glasseye
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To: daisy12

Pfeiffer Canyon in better days.

59 posted on 02/22/2017 5:34:55 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Cobra64

Where in that bridge is a round column?


60 posted on 02/22/2017 5:35:21 PM PST by glasseye
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