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Most Georgia bridges have fifty years before rebuild or replacement. We had our 1000 year flood not to long ago and some were replaced quicker. It is not uncomm

Most Georgia bridges have fifty years before rebuild or replacement. We had our 1000 year flood not to long ago and some were replaced quicker. It is not uncommon to be traveling country roads and come across a recently rebuilt or new bridge. Now this I85 debacle is purely in the camp of mismanagement and vandalism. The vandalism of course being that a person set a fire sufficient to ignite supposed non flammable building materials that should never have been stored under a bridge. Doubtful anyone in the State will suffer consequences due to sovereign immunity. What many of us who watched all this unfold is to find out exactly what was stored there and in what quantity. While not flammable doesn't mean it won't burn it should not have been this simple to ignite. Credit the contractors rebuilding the bridges, damn they are fast when they need to be. Of course another contractor managed to buckle the I20 interstate by filling pipes improperly

BatFastard 10y ago
As some one who lives very close to the bridge in Atlanta, it is hard to believe how disruptive it has been. While I thought traffic in the past was bad, it recently took me an hour to go 1.5 miles. A trip that usually takes 10 minutes at most. People don't go to restaurants or out at all, anytime close to rush hour. I use to pop up to corner to grab a pizza, now it takes me 20 minutes just to get to the end of my street! Glad I can bike places.
dsfyu404ed 10y ago
>damn they are fast when they need to be They are fast when the situation is dire enough that the politicians don't care what it costs and the NIMBYs and nit-pickers shut their mouths.
Symbiote 10y ago
The UK had a similar fire, though the viaduct didn't collapse. I think the result was a reduction in what was permitted to be stored under bridges and viaducts, in common with a similar restriction that was already implemented on major railways. I can't find a source for that. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-16425491 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-16425491

BatFastard 10y ago

As some one who lives very close to the bridge in Atlanta, it is hard to believe how disruptive it has been. While I thought traffic in the past was bad, it recently took me an hour to go 1.5 miles. A trip that usually takes 10 minutes at most. People don't go to restaurants or out at all, anytime close to rush hour. I use to pop up to corner to grab a pizza, now it takes me 20 minutes just to get to the end of my street! Glad I can bike places.

dsfyu404ed 10y ago

>damn they are fast when they need to be They are fast when the situation is dire enough that the politicians don't care what it costs and the NIMBYs and nit-pickers shut their mouths.

Symbiote 10y ago

The UK had a similar fire, though the viaduct didn't collapse. I think the result was a reduction in what was permitted to be stored under bridges and viaducts, in common with a similar restriction that was already implemented on major railways. I can't find a source for that. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-16425491 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-16425491