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Check out the 311 report from 2018: https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1078885655634157569?s=21 https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1078885655634157569?s=21

perihelions 5y ago
Text for anyone who can't access it: >"@Pgh311 I hope someone is keeping an eye on the underside of the Forbes Avenue bridge over Frick Park? One of the big "X" beams is rusted through entirely (and, yes, I see the cables, so it's probably not a crisis)." -Dr. G Kochanski @gpk320 >"Service Request #307260 has been created. https://qalert.me/GRea13511a408a4282815637644fd5a13a https://qalert.me/GRea13511a408a4282815637644fd5a13a" -Pittsburgh 311 Response Center @Pgh311
joekrill 5y ago
The article says > It was last inspected in September So hopefully that's been addressed by now?
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  "Yup, it's still about to fall down. Successfully inspected!"
dwringer 5y ago
The Google street view [December 2020] under the bridge appears to show a pair of cross braces entirely missing from one side of the main supports [0] (compared with the other side[1]). [0] https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4393756,-79.9003658,3a,75y,279.45h,112.94t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMzQnFOP7HhwQd9cefl_c9yoBzEmo6JUP_XFKXB!2e10!3e12!7i5760!8i2880 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4393756,-79.9003658,3a,75y,2... [1] https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4393756,-79.9003658,3a,75y,85.64h,114.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMzQnFOP7HhwQd9cefl_c9yoBzEmo6JUP_XFKXB!2e10!3e12!7i5760!8i2880 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4393756,-79.9003658,3a,75y,8...
- XnoiVeX 5y ago
  Wow! you may be right.
- dsiegel2275 5y ago
  https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1078885655634157569 https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1078885655634157569
  - GavinMcG 5y ago
    Does indeed appear to be the side with the missing braces—the piping seems to match.
- Lammy 5y ago
  Hopefully it won’t get a blur censor like the damaged pylon in the Mexico City Metro viaduct collapse https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27046462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27046462
- PascLeRasc 5y ago
  Great catch. That's crazy.
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
- somevar 5y ago
  Seems confirmed by a follow-up: "Some work was actually done a couple of weeks after I reported it: they removed the rusted beam. Obviously, that wasn't sufficient, though." https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1487099756644114435 https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1487099756644114435

perihelions 5y ago

Text for anyone who can't access it: >"@Pgh311 I hope someone is keeping an eye on the underside of the Forbes Avenue bridge over Frick Park? One of the big "X" beams is rusted through entirely (and, yes, I see the cables, so it's probably not a crisis)." -Dr. G Kochanski @gpk320 >"Service Request #307260 has been created. https://qalert.me/GRea13511a408a4282815637644fd5a13a https://qalert.me/GRea13511a408a4282815637644fd5a13a" -Pittsburgh 311 Response Center @Pgh311

joekrill 5y ago

The article says > It was last inspected in September So hopefully that's been addressed by now?

ceejayoz 5y ago
"Yup, it's still about to fall down. Successfully inspected!"

dwringer 5y ago

The Google street view [December 2020] under the bridge appears to show a pair of cross braces entirely missing from one side of the main supports [0] (compared with the other side[1]). [0] https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4393756,-79.9003658,3a,75y,279.45h,112.94t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMzQnFOP7HhwQd9cefl_c9yoBzEmo6JUP_XFKXB!2e10!3e12!7i5760!8i2880 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4393756,-79.9003658,3a,75y,2... [1] https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4393756,-79.9003658,3a,75y,85.64h,114.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMzQnFOP7HhwQd9cefl_c9yoBzEmo6JUP_XFKXB!2e10!3e12!7i5760!8i2880 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4393756,-79.9003658,3a,75y,8...

XnoiVeX 5y ago
Wow! you may be right.
dsiegel2275 5y ago
https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1078885655634157569 https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1078885655634157569
- GavinMcG 5y ago
  Does indeed appear to be the side with the missing braces—the piping seems to match.
Lammy 5y ago
Hopefully it won’t get a blur censor like the damaged pylon in the Mexico City Metro viaduct collapse https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27046462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27046462
PascLeRasc 5y ago
Great catch. That's crazy.
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
somevar 5y ago
Seems confirmed by a follow-up: "Some work was actually done a couple of weeks after I reported it: they removed the rusted beam. Obviously, that wasn't sufficient, though." https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1487099756644114435 https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1487099756644114435