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0rganism

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2. yes, a sign will solve everything

Reply to rsmith6621 (Original post)

Fri May 24, 2013, 05:58 PM

May 2013

Because when I'm driving 65MPH on I5 and I see a sign that a bridge I'm about to cross is in poor shape, I'm just gonna make a U-turn right in the middle of the interstate and find another way across.

Why don't we just get rid of bridges entirely and cross over chasms and rivers on these magical signs?

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Wolf Blitzer To NTSB Spokesperson... How about signs... (I-5 Bridge Collapse) [View all] rsmith6621 May 2013 OP

Then he would complain about Politicalboi May 2013 #1

yes, a sign will solve everything 0rganism May 2013 #2

Did he ask him if he thanked the lord nobody was killed? CBGLuthier May 2013 #3

There are already signs Spider Jerusalem May 2013 #4

True, but I don't see any on or near that bridge. Up2Late May 2013 #7

I don't recall ever seeing any..... Capt.Rocky300 May 2013 #10

I don't see any either. Up2Late May 2013 #14

I went on the Google Maps Street view, last night, and couldn't find any low clearance signs.... Up2Late May 2013 #5

it is not a low clearance bridge KT2000 May 2013 #12

I found a news story that says: Spider Jerusalem May 2013 #13

It will be interesting to hear what the actual clearance was on this bridge... Up2Late May 2013 #15

Here's another piece of the puzzle, from one of the surviving witnesses Up2Late May 2013 #17

Yeah, I didn't see any, either. Have you noticed, though, how Google has copyrighted the earth? nilram May 2013 #18

Instead of signs, use the money to fix the goddamn bridge. Apophis May 2013 #6

That bridge is over 50 years old, it should be replaced. Up2Late May 2013 #8

That had nothing to do with this disaster. The bridge was structurally sound. If this truck rhett o rick May 2013 #19

Did you read the article that I linked to, it tells what "fracture critical" means. Up2Late May 2013 #20

The bridge was "fracture critical" the day is was completed. What happened had nothing to do with rhett o rick May 2013 #21

Maybe so, but it has a history of getting hit and was hit in the same spot sometime in the past... Up2Late May 2013 #22

I did not intend to come across as opposing replacing the outdated bridge. rhett o rick May 2013 #23

I'm not surprised that Blitzed wouldn't know, it is CNN after all WestStar May 2013 #9

Wolfie, you swiss cheese brained incompetent moran....why don't REPORT the news dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #11

Devil's advocate here eissa May 2013 #16

Infrastructure maintenance is the unseen tax. The longer we go w/o addressing the issue rhett o rick May 2013 #24

And so many jobs would be created. We're treading water when we should be speed swiming. randome May 2013 #25