ULA gets to buy Kentucky a new bridge?
I'd me more worried about damage to the bridge. Odds are, it was in deteriorating condition before the collision.
Quote from: Lee Jay on 01/27/2012 06:39 pmWow, the structure of the bridge span is wrapped around the front of the ship.ULA gets to buy Kentucky a new bridge?Mariner still needs to be extracted from this tangled mess, it appears. Hopefully that can happen without the ship sinking...I'm guessing this is going to impact launch schedules. There will be a delay in not only this shipment, but in subsequent deliveries if the ship has to be repaired. - Ed Kyle
Wow, the structure of the bridge span is wrapped around the front of the ship.
Judging from pictures in the article: if a bridge was that corroded on this side of the big pond, it would have been closed to regular traffic ages ago. Those steel-parts looks substantially corroded.
Quote from: Halidon on 01/27/2012 06:28 pmI'd me more worried about damage to the bridge. Odds are, it was in deteriorating condition before the collision.Judging from pictures in the article: if a bridge was that corroded on this side of the big pond, it would have been closed to regular traffic ages ago. Those steel-parts looks substantially corroded.
The main reason infrastructure is so bad in the USA (For bridges, at least)? The Federal Bureau of Bridges.
Quote from: GClark on 01/28/2012 10:41 amThe main reason infrastructure is so bad in the USA (For bridges, at least)? The Federal Bureau of Bridges. Does that even exist? Googling, I find state Bureaus of Bridges, or the Alabama Bridge Bureau.
I'd be cautious about jumping on the "US infrastructure is horrible and crumbling" bandwagon. ...
Let's also remember that the bridge's age and structural condition likely did not play any role whatsoever in this accident.
Well, that could prove to not be the case. A new bridge, or a well-maintained one, would withstand an impact better than one in poor condition.
Robert Parker, 51, of Cadiz, Ky., said ... "All of a sudden I see the road’s gone and I hit the brakes".
Statement:The Delta Mariner, owned and operated by Foss Marine, made contact with the Eggner Ferry Bridge
1/27 - At 8:10 PM CST, Aurora, KY. M/V DELTA MARINER allided with Eggner's Ferry Bridge causing center portion to collapse.
Quote from: edkyle99 on 01/29/2012 05:52 pmLet's also remember that the bridge's age and structural condition likely did not play any role whatsoever in this accident. Well, that could prove to not be the case. A new bridge, or a well-maintained one, would withstand an impact better than one in poor condition. And a new one, or well-maintained one, is likely to have better navigational aids than an old, out of repair bridge.I'm not saying I know anything at all about this incident, but it's easier to knock down a rusty door than a new one, and maybe so much of this bridge came down because it was old.