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Re: Interstate-5 bridge collapses into river north of Seattle
Author: Dave Smith
Date: 05-24-2013 - 16:36
PNWRailfan Wrote:
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> In the stories I read, it said the oversized load
> was supposed to move toward the center of the
> bridge where the clearances were greater. But as
> the truck approached the bridge another semi raced
> up beside it pinning the oversized load in the
> outside lane where it impacted a number of the
> arched overhead trusses. While both of those semis
> made it across, a truck and camper following
> behind could not stop in time when the bridge
> ahead dropped away. Another car that was traveling
> northbound also got spun around and ended up in
> the southbound lanes of the collapsed span.
> Thankfully everyone else got stopped short of the
> missing span. What saved the people who ended up
> in the water was that their vehicles stayed on the
> collapsed span and did not plunge into the depths
> of the river.
I was wondering about that, aka why the oversize truck was so far to the right. A bigger question is: Are/were there any warning signs indicating a low clearance on those outside lanes?
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> In the stories I read, it said the oversized load
> was supposed to move toward the center of the
> bridge where the clearances were greater. But as
> the truck approached the bridge another semi raced
> up beside it pinning the oversized load in the
> outside lane where it impacted a number of the
> arched overhead trusses. While both of those semis
> made it across, a truck and camper following
> behind could not stop in time when the bridge
> ahead dropped away. Another car that was traveling
> northbound also got spun around and ended up in
> the southbound lanes of the collapsed span.
> Thankfully everyone else got stopped short of the
> missing span. What saved the people who ended up
> in the water was that their vehicles stayed on the
> collapsed span and did not plunge into the depths
> of the river.
I was wondering about that, aka why the oversize truck was so far to the right. A bigger question is: Are/were there any warning signs indicating a low clearance on those outside lanes?
