I crossed that bridge many times while my daughter was at Pitt
Who knew
Who knew
The dirt you see is the ground under the bridge where it pulled away from the road surface. The bridge itself is concrete on steel frame. The fact that the decking held together probably saved lives. It looks like the structure under one end failed and the deck dropped in one piece to the ravine floor. If the deck had split mid-span this could have been worse.
That bridge is crazy high. I looked at the google maps from the walking path below and it's a long drop. Glad no fatalities and glad the kids were not in buses at the time.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/P...f915a15aa21b34!8m2!3d40.4406248!4d-79.9958864Can someone post a link to the bridge on google maps? Thanks!
Aging infrastructure and a rapidly growing population is a bad mix
Not Pittsburgh specificallyI assume population growth isn't specifically directed at Pittsburgh.
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Ahhh --- my grandparents lived in Regent Square, right around there, on one of those brick-paved streets. (Checks) still paved like that: https://goo.gl/maps/kAXP7pyEdNrFTroC7
Scary and a close call! I haven't been to Pittsburgh since 1970. Can't remember if I crossed that bridge.I live near it too. My street is closed and they were evacuating homes because of a natural gas leak caused by the collapse. No one has knocked on my door, so I think all is good now. I didn't hear the collapse, but I was awoken this morning by the sound of sirens.
Friends came to my house last night and drove that bridge. I'm grateful no one was killed, but it seems like it'll be a while before that road is reopened.
I assumed he was talking about how fat everyone has gotten, these poor bridges have to bear the brunt of our rapidly increasing waistlines.I assume population growth isn't specifically directed at Pittsburgh.
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I assumed he was talking about how fat everyone has gotten, these poor bridges have to bear the brunt of our rapidly increasing waistlines. View attachment 945486