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Re: UP bridge badly damaged -- 11 and 14 cancelled for up to 30 days
Author: jst3751
Date: 04-27-2017 - 18:01
SP5103 Wrote:
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> I would disagree. Assuming that the bridge in its
> entirety wasn't damaged, it would be possible to
> simply reverse engineer the remaining components
> to make modern replacements. Pin connected truss
> bridges where popular around the turn of that
> century because they could be built and test fit
> at the factory, disassembled and shipped to the
> site. There, the bridges could be fairly quickly
> reassembled as everything just kind of pinned
> together.
>
I believe I read somewhere that the pier underneath the damage is also damaged. That fact if true makes the current bridge useless.
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> I would disagree. Assuming that the bridge in its
> entirety wasn't damaged, it would be possible to
> simply reverse engineer the remaining components
> to make modern replacements. Pin connected truss
> bridges where popular around the turn of that
> century because they could be built and test fit
> at the factory, disassembled and shipped to the
> site. There, the bridges could be fairly quickly
> reassembled as everything just kind of pinned
> together.
>
I believe I read somewhere that the pier underneath the damage is also damaged. That fact if true makes the current bridge useless.
