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Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link
Author: UP Rail Guy
Date: 10-19-2011 - 19:29

trackwalker Wrote:
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> This has to be a first. I have seen several
> bridges severely damaged by over height equipment.
> Usually damaged concrete or bent steel girders.
> This is the first time I have seen a span
> completely dislodged by an over height load. Was
> the span even secured to the piers?

Probably not...in non-earthquake country, the bridge span was likely held in place by its own weight. Still, I would think a backhoe would give first instead of the bridge!!!

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  Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link Graham Buxton 10-19-2011 - 11:08
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link MikeF 10-19-2011 - 13:31
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link trackwalker 10-19-2011 - 16:31
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link UP Rail Guy 10-19-2011 - 19:29
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link Tony C 10-19-2011 - 21:02
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link Easton Westin 10-19-2011 - 22:21
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link Mike Swanson 10-20-2011 - 09:06
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link LOL 10-20-2011 - 09:27
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link p 10-20-2011 - 14:07
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link ABM 10-20-2011 - 16:47
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link p 10-21-2011 - 21:03
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link David 10-20-2011 - 07:40
  Re: Truck collapses Canadian Pacific Railway bridge - photo link OPRRMS 10-20-2011 - 10:54
  planning for lateral loads d 10-20-2011 - 12:04


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