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The contractor was a pool contractor. He saw from experience that it looked bad, but was not in any position to pronounce on the structural integrity. Semi rel
by version_five 5y ago
The contractor was a pool contractor. He saw from experience that it looked bad, but was not in any position to pronounce on the structural integrity.
Semi related, I live in a very badly maintained major city, where driving under many bridges we can see cracking, big chunks of concrete that fell away, exposed re bar, etc. To me it looks very scary, but I have no real reference point. If a bridge collapses, the news will be able to interview someone who says what I said above about the appearance, but the only thing that really matters is an engineer's report.
- betaby 5y agoMontreal?
- ggm 5y agoI hate to say this, but almost anywhere in North America has the right weather conditions, and lack of local/state/federal funding models to cause this problem. I don't know enough about the south to comment, but I could believe MX and below have the same problem due to lack of capital works programs I believe in the US governance space there was a proposal for a 10-40y roads and bridges reconstruction effort. I have no idea if it survived factional politics.
- cryptoz 5y agoSounds like the turcot to me.
- ant6n 5y agoOr the old Champlain
- bagels 5y agoIt's already dangerous because those chunks of concrete can fall on people or cars.
- kube-system 5y agoI've seen some places put up nets. Crossing my fingers for that infrastructure bill.
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- touristtam 5y agoMorandi Bridge in Italy: https://www.engineering.com/story/italys-morandi-bridge-collapsewhat-do-we-know https://www.engineering.com/story/italys-morandi-bridge-coll...