For the second time in three days, another unfortunate incident in the USA involving transportation infrastructure. It is amazing that there were no deaths.
Kind of goofy that they show a stillshot of a train crashing on this youtube video, while there's nothing of the sort in the actual video. I only clicked on the video because of that stillshot and have now lost a minute out of my otherwise productive calgarypuck browsing. For shame internet, for shame.
The Following 8 Users Say Thank You to jayswin For This Useful Post:
That may be a passing grade, but it's not good enough, says infrastructure expert Barry LePatner. That's because there have been nearly 600 bridge failures since 1989, LePatner told CNN. And one out of every nine U.S. bridges is rated as "structurally deficient," according to the ASC
Quote:
Here's another sobering stat: the average age of all 607,400 bridges in the United States is 42 years.
It points to the fact that so much of this issue revolves around trust. Do we trust the systems now in place that are aimed at finding bad bridges and taking appropriate action
Quote:
Politicians are turning their backs on this issue, said LePatner. They "do not see infrastructure as a high priority and the American public and our economic system is paying a terrible price for this."
Of course, a lot of this issue surrounds money.
To make all necessary repairs to America's bridges, the Federal Highway Administration estimates it will cost $76 billion.
Who's going to pay for that? Taxpayers? No thank you, say most
All overpasses (not even a river crossing), should be repaired and built up to withstand a derailed train taking out its support pillar. Come on people.
Last edited by Ducay; 05-26-2013 at 08:56 AM.
The Following User Says Thank You to Ducay For This Useful Post:
One out of every nine U.S. bridges is rated as structurally deficient:
The structurally deficient bridges are an issue, for sure. But I'm not sure "structurally deficient" really applies in this case since a detailed train slammed into the bridge pillars, causing the collapse.
Kind of goofy that they show a stillshot of a train crashing on this youtube video, while there's nothing of the sort in the actual video. I only clicked on the video because of that stillshot and have now lost a minute out of my otherwise productive calgarypuck browsing. For shame internet, for shame.
Overpass collapse in Missouri.
must show all Flames games nationally when they play on Saturdays, Mondays, and Wednesdays !!!
