Baltimore Bay bridge collapses
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@LuFins-Dad said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:
Has anybody brought up the fact that the bridge is named for that racist ZSOB Frances Scott Key?
Are you kidding? That was literally the first thing I thought of.
BTW Key also has a bridge in DC named after him. Better stay off it!
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@George-K said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:
Interesting.
Quite surprising those foundational supports aren't protected more given the sizes of ships going between them, obviously this is viewed in retrospect.
@89th said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:
@George-K said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:
Interesting.
Quite surprising those foundational supports aren't protected more given the sizes of ships going between them, obviously this is viewed in retrospect.
Hindsight is 20-20.
Did we have container ships in the 1970's like the one that struck the bridge?
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@89th said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:
@George-K said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:
Interesting.
Quite surprising those foundational supports aren't protected more given the sizes of ships going between them, obviously this is viewed in retrospect.
Hindsight is 20-20.
Did we have container ships in the 1970's like the one that struck the bridge?
@Jolly said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:
@89th said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:
@George-K said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:
Interesting.
Quite surprising those foundational supports aren't protected more given the sizes of ships going between them, obviously this is viewed in retrospect.
Hindsight is 20-20.
Did we have container ships in the 1970's like the one that struck the bridge?
Installing bumpers isn’t hindsight, it’s something they’ve been warned about. Bridges have been having them installed for several decades.
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@xenon said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:
Yeah - this seems like a freak, highly improbable thing.
Freak, highly improbable things eventually happen when you have 2000 cargo ships going in and out every year
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Some images from some area photographers.
Please love yourself.
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Beautiful. I wonder if the replacement bridge will be the same design?
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Also seen on Twitter: Biden says that the US Government will cover the cost of rebuilding the bridge and all other damage.
Why?
Doesn't the owner carry insurance?
By way of comparison, when the train derailed in East Palestine, he said that Norfolk Southern should pay for the cleanup.
