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re: Well, this is good. Giant sinkhole in the middle of Canal St.
Posted on 4/30/16 at 7:49 am to Oyster
Posted on 4/30/16 at 7:49 am to Oyster
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I swear I thought there was more than just air holding the streets up.
Actually the news just said the wooden beams supporting the roadway rotted out. They even showed some rotted out beams at the end of the tunnel. . Like WTF were these idiots thinking.
I'm hoping the reporter misunderstood. However with it being New Orleans I'd believe anything.
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Yeaaah, I'm guessing the news reporter has the facts a little bit messed up. Although, as you pointed out, this is New Orleans we're talking about!
The tunnel is basically a long rectangle with the sides, bottom and top constructed of concrete. After construction, the ends - 6 lanes wide and about 25' tall - were closed off with temporary wooden falsework. The falsework was to be removed when the new expressway was tied in to each end. Obviously, the freeway was never built. Not as obviously, but not surprisingly, the city left the "temporary" falsework in place for the last 45 or 50 years.
What could possibly go wrong?
I swear I thought there was more than just air holding the streets up.
Actually the news just said the wooden beams supporting the roadway rotted out. They even showed some rotted out beams at the end of the tunnel. . Like WTF were these idiots thinking.
I'm hoping the reporter misunderstood. However with it being New Orleans I'd believe anything.
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Yeaaah, I'm guessing the news reporter has the facts a little bit messed up. Although, as you pointed out, this is New Orleans we're talking about!
The tunnel is basically a long rectangle with the sides, bottom and top constructed of concrete. After construction, the ends - 6 lanes wide and about 25' tall - were closed off with temporary wooden falsework. The falsework was to be removed when the new expressway was tied in to each end. Obviously, the freeway was never built. Not as obviously, but not surprisingly, the city left the "temporary" falsework in place for the last 45 or 50 years.
What could possibly go wrong?
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Posted on 4/30/16 at 8:37 am to White Roach
quote:
What could possibly go wrong?
It could possibly fall in creating a big hole in a major street.
This post was edited on 4/30/16 at 11:42 am
Posted on 4/30/16 at 8:43 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Don't you worry. Mitch and co. will have those statues down soon enough and all this will be just fine.
Posted on 4/30/16 at 8:45 am to GeeOH
Intricate tunnel built by looters during Katrina.
Posted on 4/30/16 at 9:40 am to LSUTigersVCURams
You can tweet it
@CanalStSinkhole
@CanalStSinkhole
Posted on 4/30/16 at 9:42 am to LSUTigersVCURams
New Orleans is one giant sink hole.
Posted on 4/30/16 at 9:43 am to BCMCubs
Cool, now we have somewhere to throw those oh so evil statues.
Posted on 4/30/16 at 9:43 am to LSUTigersVCURams
they will find no less that 17 bodies in there by Monday if they don't fill it in... book it.
#NORM (New Orleans Roads Matter)
#NORM (New Orleans Roads Matter)
Posted on 4/30/16 at 10:37 am to cjared036
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they were reminded that NOLA is below sea level with water all around it and that a tunnel in NOLA is THE WORST IDEA EVER....
So I guess that company moved to Mobile and built a project there. You know, below sea level and UNDER a river!
Posted on 4/30/16 at 10:41 am to Mung
quote:
@CanalStSinkhole
Gold, Jerry. quote:
@CanalStSinkholeI need a picture of the sinkhole with an orange barrel sticking out of it.
Posted on 4/30/16 at 11:11 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Did anyone mention putting the statues in there yet?
I see it has been mentioned a few times.
I see it has been mentioned a few times.
Posted on 4/30/16 at 11:15 am to LSUTigersVCURams
I started a thread on the Fark Board for this. Let's see what they do with it.
Posted on 4/30/16 at 11:55 am to LSUTigersVCURams
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Posted on 4/30/16 at 12:03 pm to fightin tigers
Should've had the monument engineers on the case
Posted on 4/30/16 at 12:08 pm to Hammertime
What baffles me most is that at some point in time people were actually behind the idea of building a damn HIGHWAY through the French quarter....
Elevated highways are a death sentence for real estate below them. Look at the high rise.
It's a retrospective fact many city planners have come to realize in the decades since that fad design was implemented. You see it in cities all over the country.
BRB going to cafe du monde to enjoy some car exhaust and the soothing jazz sounds of cars just above my head.
Elevated highways are a death sentence for real estate below them. Look at the high rise.
It's a retrospective fact many city planners have come to realize in the decades since that fad design was implemented. You see it in cities all over the country.
BRB going to cafe du monde to enjoy some car exhaust and the soothing jazz sounds of cars just above my head.
Posted on 4/30/16 at 12:16 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Hey jackass, you can't go on Canal Street and look to the river at the sunset. It's fricking impossible.
Posted on 4/30/16 at 12:21 pm to LucasP
Posted on 4/30/16 at 1:02 pm to C
quote:
That's why Baton Rouge conducts multiple studies before they start building new highways....
True
Posted on 4/30/16 at 2:21 pm to LucasP
Hey jackass, you can't go on Canal Street and look to the river at the sunset. It's fricking impossible.
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That's just another aspect of the Bizarro World that is New Orleans! Many people are confused as to why the sun is in their eyes as they cross the bridge to the Wank in the morning.
East, west, north, south? frick that... Our cardinal compass points are Uptown, Downtown, Lakeside and Riverside!
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That's just another aspect of the Bizarro World that is New Orleans! Many people are confused as to why the sun is in their eyes as they cross the bridge to the Wank in the morning.
East, west, north, south? frick that... Our cardinal compass points are Uptown, Downtown, Lakeside and Riverside!
Posted on 4/30/16 at 3:10 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
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