Railroad Bridges??

[littlejuniata]

Who is responsible for structual soundness? Who would be liable in case of a failure and a major event on the waters beneath or near the bridges? And Highway Bridges, look at the dates built on many of these bridges http://bridgehunter.com/pa/blair/

 

[tabasco_joe]

Take a look at the articles and posts on the Sinnemahoning train wreck last year. While this wasn't a bridge failure it shows how the state agencies react to a similar disaster.

 

[flyfishermanj]

LJ,

WOW, three bridges over a HUNDRED YEARS OLD!!!! that's a little scary.
JH

 

[tomgamber]

Yeah but they were built much better then. And i think these were meant to carry trains not cars. There are three bridges that cross the Sinnemahoning near our camp. they are all withing a few hundred yards of each other. The automobile bridge, only there since Agnes in '72 and two railroad bridges. I would trust those two old RR bridges over the paved one any day.

 

[littlejuniata]

Looks like the railroad would sooner fight than fix?? http://www.aopc.org/OpPosting/cwealth/out/2342CD04_6-10-05.pdf at least in this instance, they probably spnt more on legal fees than the project would have cost?

 

[tabasco_joe]

Don't forget that road bridges get lots of salt. The RR bridge doesn't.

 

[ryanh]

Wow,
Anybody ever read Atlas Shrugged? Sounds a little familiar. The country is breaking down yet we buy $12 million bridges that go to nowhere.

 

[littlejuniata]

Heck, they can't even keep their trains on the tracks, let alone maintain safe bridges! http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/team4/10128571/detail.html 165 derailments in our state

 

[tabasco_joe]

ryanh wrote:
Wow,
Anybody ever read Atlas Shrugged? Sounds a little familiar. The country is breaking down yet we buy $12 million bridges that go to nowhere.

Isn't that $220M? You don't get much of a bridge for $12M these days. In fact it hardly even buys a congressman.

 

[littlejuniata]

http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_269075443 Well the head honchos of these companys will pocket obscene bonuses, one factor will be low maintenance costs?? haha when the s---t does hit the fan with major bridge problems track isses etc the federal government will bail them out with our money (whoops that is the banking industry)