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Breaking: Sunshine Bridge to be closed for months
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:17 pm
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The frickhead who hit this needs to be deported.
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UPDATE: DOTD says it expects the bridge to be closed for months as crews continue repairs.
Inspections of the Sunshine Bridge/LA 70 concluded that key load-carrying components of the bridge suffered significant damage after a crane on a barge collided with the southwest portion of the bridge on Friday.
"Bridge engineers are in the process of finalizing a design to execute the repairs. Once that design is finalized, successfully modeled and we have a better idea of what resources are needed and available, an estimated timeline for the repair project will be released. At this point, the potential timeline is believed to be months rather than days," a release from DOTD said Monday.
Motorists are encouraged to use the Plaquemine Ferry or the Veterans Memorial Bridge as an alternate river crossing.
The frickhead who hit this needs to be deported.
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Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:19 pm to TigersSEC2010
Was he one of those riverboat pilots that's not in a family of riverboat pilots, so they didn't pass on the right information to him?
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:20 pm to TigersSEC2010
this is not break news.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:20 pm to TigersSEC2010
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:21 pm to TigersSEC2010
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:22 pm to TigersSEC2010
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Inspections of the Sunshine Bridge/LA 70 concluded that key load-carrying components of the bridge suffered significant damage after a crane on a barge collided with the southwest portion of the bridge on Friday.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:22 pm to ProjectP2294
Pretty sure it wasn’t a pilot on the tug.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:22 pm to TigersSEC2010
Anyone who thought this would take less than “months” is oblivious. I’d expect this repair to be complete around February or so.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:25 pm to TigersSEC2010
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IN
Traffic.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:27 pm to TigersSEC2010
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:27 pm to Sgt_Lincoln_Osiris
Yeaaaa no doubt
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:28 pm to TigersSEC2010
It will never reopen.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:28 pm to TigersSEC2010
They need to put a ferry at the location
Posted on 10/15/18 at 4:29 pm to ProjectP2294
No. the pilots only work on ocean going ships not a tug and barge.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 5:19 pm to TigersSEC2010
shite it took over a year to open that entrance ramp on I-10 right past Donaldsonville after an 18 wheeler hit it, God knows how long it'll take to fix the bridge. Those gas stations and other businesses at the foot of the bridge are going to be struggling without all the traffic going through there.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 5:24 pm to Slim Chance
Do all of those businesses have a claim against the tug boat operator who hit the bridge for lost revenue?
Posted on 10/15/18 at 5:27 pm to TigersSEC2010
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Do all of those businesses have a claim against the tug boat operator who hit the bridge for lost revenue?
Oh yeah they going to collect on the insurance. After the fact though...
Posted on 10/15/18 at 5:28 pm to TigersSEC2010
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Do all of those businesses have a claim against the tug boat operator who hit the bridge for lost revenue?
Unless a court can prove gross negligence, per the Jones Act, the operator is only liable for the value of the vessel and its cargo.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 5:30 pm to TigersSEC2010
So where does all the traffic get diverted? I am sure it will increase load on I-10 bridge, but the Gramercy bridge is actually a lot closer to the location. Hoping they get a lot of the would be sunshine bridge traffic just to ease BR bridge load bc it can't handle what it already had before closure.
And yes, those restaurants and gas stations on both sides are going to be hurting real bad. Some may not make it.
And yes, those restaurants and gas stations on both sides are going to be hurting real bad. Some may not make it.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 5:30 pm to TigersSEC2010
Nobody really needs that bridge.
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