Interstate I 40 Bridge

The second image gives a better perspective on the size of the beam that was broken.

 

Eeeek. We have been over that bridge many times in our 26,000 pound motorhome. Yikes.

 

It also shows how vulnerable we would be to terrorist attack. A few bridges taken down and the nation would be physically cut in half. Maybe we have "Tofu Construction" similar to China.

 

How would you go about fixing something like that???? You can't just stick it back together with Gorilla Glue.

 

I hope they replace that section of beam, but I think it will be more complicated than just fixing that beam. With that being one of the main loadbearing beams, when it separated that put a load and extra stress on the other beams and braces.

 

Going through some video of the I 40 bridge, that was taken in May of 2019, they discovered what appears to be a crack in the same area of the bridge as the current break. If so, people crossing that bridge have been in danger for two years.

 

I'll never be able to cross another bridge without fear.

 

I just wonder how many more bridges across the country are like that.

 

apparently the crack was not as new as was thought.
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