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Originally Posted by bajaman
(Post 4894025)
It makes one think that after this, and the Sunshine Highway Bridge in Florida back in 1980, if they will consider building some sort of safety piers AHEAD of the abutments for these bridges, in both travel directions? These bridges don't stand a chance against these massive ships.
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Was the captain American???
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Originally Posted by 105Fountain
(Post 4894077)
Was the captain American???
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Originally Posted by compedgemarine
(Post 4894029)
the Skyway bridge does have HUGE buffer piers on both sides of the uprights. they were put in with the rebuilding of it after it was hit. my question is after the trillions of dollars in infrastructure spending why do all the major bridges not have the same things.
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Originally Posted by VetteLT193
(Post 4894084)
I have wondered the same thing since then. They learned and only applied the new concept to one freaking bridge
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I took this photo from our marina yesterday. We are 2-3 miles south of the Key Bridge ….the view will never be the same. RIP to all those that perished in this tragedy |
Originally Posted by compedgemarine
(Post 4894029)
the Skyway bridge does have HUGE buffer piers on both sides of the uprights. they were put in with the rebuilding of it after it was hit. my question is after the trillions of dollars in infrastructure spending why do all the major bridges not have the same things.
There are four large cement "bumpers" at the Key Bridge. One on each side of the major support upright structure. If you watch the slo mo video, it actually went passed the bumper and then made a hard right turn to hit the structure. |
Originally Posted by compedgemarine
(Post 4894029)
the Skyway bridge does have HUGE buffer piers on both sides of the uprights. they were put in with the rebuilding of it after it was hit. my question is after the trillions of dollars in infrastructure spending why do all the major bridges not have the same things.
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anyone remember when US Navy Patrol boats strayed into Iranian waters and were taken prisoners for crossing into their waters. The crew members believed the GPS still had them in international waters but the GPS signal had been intercepted from land. Its called "spoofing", I don't think this should be rulled out. Did a hostile foreign country find the ability to hit the "re-set" button on this ship. Effectively knowing how to get this ship dark for enough time to take it off course ???
https://aviationweek.com/business-av...ofing-analysis https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Pass...Iranian-waters |
Here comes the stupidity, I figured it wouldn't take long.
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