Ot: bridge collapses outside seattle

[jstewismybastardson]

Damn!

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[fordman84]

Sounds bad, hope no one is serious hurt or worse.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[elocomotive]

F#$*ing Obama!

 

[jstewismybastardson]

F#$*ing Obama!

Fuckin some govt agency for sure

 

[RangersReds03]

That's not as bad as the mental image I had, but it's still pretty bad. Hope everyone is okay.

 

[puckhead]

That's not as bad as the mental image I had, but it's still pretty bad. Hope everyone is okay.

It's not a huge span, but the I5 is THE main road up the west coast.
Could be very bad. Always somewhat busy.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Wow closeups of the guy standing on top of his crushed truck in the river

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Shit guy on top of crushed truck is first responder trying to help driver trapped inside

 

[puckhead]

man, just thinking of the number of times I've been over that bridge.
must be close to a hundred.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

man, just thinking of the number of times I've been over that bridge.
must be close to a hundred.

Same , and hearing how ALL the bridges on the stretch of I5 from bellingham to burlington need to be replaced is slightly disconcerting

 

[Destroydacre]

Same , and hearing how ALL the bridges on the stretch of I5 from bellingham to burlington need to be replaced is slightly disconcerting

Yeah there are many many bridges in Seattle and surrounding areas that need replacing, unfortunately too many times everything gets held up by the almighty dollar. It's taken years for Seattle to get around to replacing the Alaskan Way viaduct and the 520 bridge, which were both just disasters waiting to happen. Too many times people are willing to bury their head in the sand and pretend nothing is wrong, until something like this happens. The bridge will now be replaced, because there isn't a functioning bridge anymore, hopefully this time no one lost their life but too many times that's not the case. Sad, but all too often that's how our society functions.

 

[IPostedWhat]

The 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure gives an overall grade of D+ across 16 categories, up just slightly from the D given in ASCE’s 2009 Report Card. Six infrastructure sectors benefited from either an increase in private investment, targeted efforts in cities and states to make upgrades or repairs, or from a one-time boost in federal funding.

Notably, this marks the first time the grades have improved since the American Society of Civil Engineers first graded the condition of America’s infrastructure in 1998. However, a D+ grade is still not acceptable.

http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/a/browser-options/downloads/2013-Report-Card.pdf

 

[jstewismybastardson]

How bout sending that dive team into the water before the sun sets guys

 

[IPostedWhat]

More from that link about bridges...

Bridges: Over two hundred million trips are taken daily across deficient bridges in the nation’s 102 largest metropolitan regions. In total, one in nine of the nation’s bridges are rated as structurally deficient, while the average age of the nation’s 607,380 bridges is currently 42 years. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) estimates that to eliminate the nation’s bridge backlog by 2028, we would need to invest $20.5 billion annually, while only $12.8 billion is being spent currently. The challenge for federal, state, and local governments is to increase bridge investments by $8 billion annually to address the identified $76 billion in needs for deficient bridges across the United States. However, with the overall number of structurally deficient bridges continuing to trend downward, the grade improved to C+.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

71000 vehicles cross that bridge every day

 

[jstewismybastardson]

multiple witnesses now confirming this

 

[IPostedWhat]

Meanwhile in China....

 

[jstewismybastardson]

we cdns steal their milk and take out their bridges

Global BC ‏@GlobalBC 39s WA state patrol memo lists Spruce Grove, AB truck driver William D. Scott as driver who clipped Skagit River Bridge