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05-23-2013, 09:41 PM
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I-5 Bridge Collapse
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05-23-2013, 09:51 PM
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Re: I-5 Bridge Collapse
DANG.....That's messed up....
I've got to drive up to Seattle Sunday night. It's a good thing the broken bridge is north of where I have to go.
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05-23-2013, 10:16 PM
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Spooky. Wonder how many other bridges have as bad a rating as that one. Never mind knowing would only make me worry about crossing them.
When I followed the link they had rescued three people from the river.
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05-23-2013, 10:28 PM
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Re: I-5 Bridge Collapse
That bridge has always looked kinda rickety. They will detour people around it on SR-9.
Hopefully everyone is ok. There is speculation an oversized load on a semi struck a critical piece of it. (some TV stations have pics of the truck)
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05-24-2013, 08:20 AM
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Re: I-5 Bridge Collapse
I just read the bridge has an average of 71,000 vehicles a day cross over it. I bet some commuters who drive down to Seattle are going to be late for work today and probably for at least the next 6 months. From what I heard there are two other bridges to detour to. Neither one is an easy or fast detour.
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05-24-2013, 08:58 AM
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Re: I-5 Bridge Collapse
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Originally Posted by larrie
Spooky. Wonder how many other bridges have as bad a rating as that one.
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Only a little under 800 in Washington state.
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According to an analysis done by the Associated Press, the bridge had a sufficiency rating well below the state average. The bridge’s rating was 57.4 out of 100. The state average is 80. However, 759 bridges in the state have ratings below 57.4.
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The Columbia River crossing in Portland is pretty much doomed in an earthquake. The entire thing sits on wood pilings floating in 60' deep mud (it's another 200' to bedrock).
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05-24-2013, 09:00 AM
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Re: I-5 Bridge Collapse
I heard a fully loaded Sportsmobile had just driven over it...
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05-24-2013, 09:42 AM
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Re: I-5 Bridge Collapse
I drive across the I-5 Columbia river bridge quite a bit in my work truck. It really is a pretty spooky thing in a big truck. The bridge is a 3 lane in each direction bridge but the lanes are pretty narrow. I usually take the bridge at 50mph and stay in the right lane since I have to exit to the right on the second exit in Oregon. At that speed I never look at the right side of my truck to see how much room I have between my truck and the bridge. I stay totally focused on the white line on the left side of my truck. If I look at the right side of the truck my brain tells me I'm gonna hit the bridge and I'll drift out of my lane to the left. It's that close. I see other truckers drift out of their lane all the time on that bridge.
I cross the I-5 bridge around midnight, usually Wednesday and Thursday. If I was headed back to Portland during higher traffic times I'd take the I-205 bridge instead. The I-205 bridge is a new bridge with wide lanes and nice shoulders. There is no shoulder on the I-5 bridge over the Columbia River. It takes nerves of steel and big brass ones to take the I-5 bridge at speed with traffic in all 3 lanes.
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05-24-2013, 10:48 AM
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Re: I-5 Bridge Collapse
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Originally Posted by Gnarvan
If I look at the right side of the truck my brain tells me I'm gonna hit the bridge and I'll drift out of my lane to the left. It's that close. I see other truckers drift out of their lane all the time on that bridge.
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Thanks for the truck driver's perspective. Gives me more and more respect for what the drivers have to deal with. And I'll stay out of their way on narrow bridges!
-- Geoff
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05-24-2013, 04:22 PM
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Re: I-5 Bridge Collapse
It was hit by a Canadian Trucker!!!!! Here is a link to some info. http://www.castanet.net/news/World/9...ridge-collapse
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