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captain queeg

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3. Wish I could see the crack. In concrete or steel?

Tue May 11, 2021, 08:12 PM

May 2021

My first job after college as a new engineer, one day all the managers were gone and they left me nominally in charge. The maintenance crew came and got me and showed me a steel beam on a lock gate had broken completely in two. For those who get it, was a 233 lb/ft wide flange. I was just a rookie but I knew that was bad and we didn’t want till fill the lock so I made the call to close it which stopped all the commercial River traffic. Fortunately it was the correct call and everyone up the chain agreed with my decision.

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I-40 Hernando de Soto bridge over the Mississippi River is closed because of a crack in the bridge [View all] SheltieLover May 2021 OP

Let me guess. sheshe2 May 2021 #1

Except for TN's 2 Dem House members, all of the AR and TN House members and Senators will vote No. LonePirate May 2021 #9

Good god. What a cluster. I've been over that bridge many times. GulfCoast66 May 2021 #2

Wish I could see the crack. In concrete or steel? captain queeg May 2021 #3

I confess a sadistic wish that it would collapse, Vogon_Glory May 2021 #4

That's going to take a lot of duct tape misanthrope May 2021 #5

If only we gave the billionaires more money Poiuyt May 2021 #6

Oh, I'm sure The Koch Brother will cover the cost . . . hatrack May 2021 #7

One of these days, there is going to be a major deadly incident due to decaying infrastructure. smirkymonkey May 2021 #8

All too likely, except Vogon_Glory May 2021 #10