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Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

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Clayster said:
There was nothing wrong with the bridge itself. To build a stand alone bridge capable of withstanding that sort of impact is virtually impossible without engineering it to be a castle on the water. No one would pay to do that.

However, it is cost effective to protect the critical supports near the ship channel with barriers, such as concrete islands, barriers, dredged spoil alongside the channel, etc., to cause the ship to run aground before it can strike the central bridge supports.

When the Skyway Bridge across Tampa Bay was rebuilt after it was taken out by a barge in 1980, they dredged the shipping channel and dumped the spoil in front of the supports, and also build round concrete islands in front of the supports. Any ship veering from the channel would either run aground, or be stopped by the concrete barriers.

This is something that really needs to be considered, as it is cost effective, and there are many bridges in our ports just as vulnerable as the Key bridge.
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:cheers:
 
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Maybe they can rename the ship "The Dalit" when it gets out of drydock.
 
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Clayster said:
There was nothing wrong with the bridge itself. To build a stand alone bridge capable of withstanding that sort of impact is virtually impossible without engineering it to be a castle on the water. No one would pay to do that.

However, it is cost effective to protect the critical supports near the ship channel with barriers, such as concrete islands, barriers, dredged spoil alongside the channel, etc., to cause the ship to run aground before it can strike the central bridge supports.

When the Skyway Bridge across Tampa Bay was rebuilt after it was taken out by a barge in 1980, they dredged the shipping channel and dumped the spoil in front of the supports, and also build round concrete islands in front of the supports. Any ship veering from the channel would either run aground, or be stopped by the concrete barriers.

This is something that really needs to be considered, as it is cost effective, and there are many bridges in our ports just as vulnerable as the Key bridge.
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this seems like it should be standard practice for these bridges. I assume the government doesn't want to invest the money to do it to everyone of these bridges. crumbling infrastructure.
 
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EastCoastBrah said:
if ship had known mechanical issues and they dont have strong logs of them being professionally repaired & tested, there should be manslaughter charges.
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They'll have to get the ship's logs from Sergei:

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r32 said:
How about a giant version of one of these for major shipping lanes. Bumper rails like bowling for kids.

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the more i think about it the more it's crazy there's not SOMETHING to stop this, especially since this isn't the first time its happened and there are known existing things that could at least help. negligence.
 
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