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Posted on 10/24/18 at 4:13 pm to wickowick
It'll take longer than January. Have a family working on it and it's no secret. Don't bet on crossing for Jan 1 or you'll have a let down.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 4:17 pm to wickowick
Some bridge construction baws just set themselves up nicely. 7/12s till January is a Godsend for them Ironworkers
Posted on 10/24/18 at 4:56 pm to lsupride87
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I have two separate friends that are attorneys already post on social media they are taking people who "have been harmed by the closing of the bridge"
Guess your friends don't know anything about maritime law. Tell them that before they go spending a bunch of time and money, to read up on Robins Dry Dock.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 4:59 pm to Traveler
I haven't heard anything. I know a guy that saw it happen but he doesn't know what happened regarding that stuff.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 5:09 pm to BrotherEsau
WAFB reported on the 5:00 news this evening that the barge company has filed a motion to limit their liability to 1.5 million
Posted on 10/24/18 at 5:19 pm to CarRamrod
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knowing construction and bridges, working around the clock, this should not take until January to fix.
Don't know too much about bridges but repairing the bottom chord on a loaded truss seems like a shoring nightmare. No doubt the actual fix will go quickly but everything else involved looks like a massive ordeal.
Anyone seen any recent pics of the work?
Posted on 10/24/18 at 5:26 pm to wickowick
1.5M is chump change and won't cover the repairs.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 5:32 pm to junkfunky
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Don't know too much about bridges but repairing the bottom chord on a loaded truss seems like a shoring nightmare.
You know enough because you are spot on.
The lower chords on these trusses are critical and have no backup structural members.
Look up "fracture critical bridge".
Posted on 10/24/18 at 5:44 pm to wheelr
This thing won’t be cleared until March or April.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 5:53 pm to wickowick
And the pending freight 
Posted on 10/24/18 at 5:58 pm to lsupride87
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I have two separate friends that are attorneys already post on social media they are taking people who "have been harmed by the closing of the bridge"
Might need a name. I have to go "the other way" to the camp now. Can't imagine how many minutes in the boat I'll lose over the next few months.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 5:59 pm to Traveler
It was boomed down, the gantry is what hit it.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 6:04 pm to CHEDBALLZ
Pretty sure he just went through the wrong hole.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 6:05 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
TWSS
Posted on 10/24/18 at 6:07 pm to wickowick
Imagine the impact on the entire region had this happen to the Horace Wilkerson bridge
Posted on 10/24/18 at 6:38 pm to wickowick
The intracoastal is so far behind on maintenance that it could be catastrophic if one side of it has to shut down for a period of time. The Sunshine Bridge is just a preview of our dollars hard at work and a growing problem that continues to be ignored with studies.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:08 pm to xrockfordf150x
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I wish that crane would have hit the Washington street exit instead.
^^^THIS^^^
They can’t shut that exit down soon enough for me.
They had this dumbass about a week ago when I coming through there. He got on at Florida st. and nobody would let him merge over so I let him in and then we get to the Washington st. exit and stops because nobody would let him merge to get to the exit. Why can’t people in baton rouge use the surface streets.
Ok back to the bridge talk.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:26 pm to lsupride87
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I have two separate friends that are attorneys already post on social media they are taking people who "have been harmed by the closing of the bridge"
Not going to happen.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:29 pm to Traveler
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Has there been any explanation offered as to why this vessel was underway with the crane boom in the up position?
It’s was a Gottwald crane and the Capt decided to pass under the side route where the bridge is lower instead of directly under the bridge where he had more clearance.
Google Gottwald Cranes and you’ll understand
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