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290 HOV Shutdown because of some brain dead truck driver

3,681 Views | 20 Replies | Last: 7 yr ago by CDUB98
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http://abc13.com/traffic/over-sized-truck-hits-and-damages-290-hov-lane/1434976/

Like 290 doesn't suck enough already...
Waltonloads08
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Thoughts and prayers to our Northwest suburbs commuters
YellAg2004
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The HOV lane is expected to be closed for at least the rest of the day.

Um, the HOV is going to be closed for a couple of months. He almost went completely through the outside beam.
Ferris Wheel Allstar
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He had to have gotten a permit for that oversize load from TXDOT.

I bet he was routed that way by TXDOT.

Theyre idiots
schmellba99
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Jesus Christe!

That's not an "oh snap! My load height was 15'-11" and the bridge height was 15'-10" type of mistake. That's at least a 2 foot height problem there, probably more.
AlaskanAg99
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I just drove past it and got gas at that corner. They have heavy equipment staged, excavators with jackhammer attachments. Looks like they be busting part of the overpass apart.

Not sure what that tank is for but it took a beating like a champ. 290 gonna be proper ****ed for awhile.
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OTL problems
OXDL45
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Permits are issued by DMV not TxDOT.

You can most definitely blame the driver for this one.
schmendeler
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Looks like those half-hour commutes were at least 45 minutes today.
CDUB98
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That crap farked up my commute home last night since everyone took I-10 inbound instead of 290.

I'd like to kick that dumbass driver in the junk.
David Carr
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The much beloved 30 minute commute took another kick to the nuts.
randy828
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The HOV lane is expected to be closed for at least the rest of the day.

Um, the HOV is going to be closed for a couple of months. He almost went completely through the outside beam.
Was open this morning.
Dr. Doctor
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I just drove past it and got gas at that corner. They have heavy equipment staged, excavators with jackhammer attachments. Looks like they be busting part of the overpass apart.

Not sure what that tank is for but it took a beating like a champ. 290 gonna be proper ****ed for awhile.
Looks like a liquid knock out drum for a vapor system. Probably inlet side of a facility, based on the numbering.

~egon
htownag10
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This was a plot by the traffic czar to extend 290 construction another 100 years
AgLA06
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Permits are issued by DMV not TxDOT.

You can most definitely blame the driver for this one.


Maybe. Typically they are supposed to have pilot trucks with poles out front. Guessing that didn't happen.

We had something like this happen with some very expensive subsea equipment. The state of Louisiana and police escort rerouted it to a secondary route with a bridge mismarked. Apparently, it wasn't the first time an oversized load had hit it. Instead of remeasuring the bridge they had simply painted it red as a warning and continued to send loads too high that direction. That was a fun week until the lawyers got involved.
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I was in College Station yesterday morning and have to be at my studio downtown in the afternoon. Waze told me to exit BW8 and take it to 10 to go downtown. You don't argue with Waze, so I did it. Glad I actually had the app on.
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He also tore down several power line on Tanner and West Little York just outside the beltway. My neighbor works right across from where he picked up that skid and said that transformers were blowing up and he still didn't stop. Dude is a freaking moron.
YellAg2004
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The HOV lane is expected to be closed for at least the rest of the day.

Um, the HOV is going to be closed for a couple of months. He almost went completely through the outside beam.
Was open this morning.
I'd be curious to know what they did to allow the HOV to re-open. Were the barrier and lane alignments adjusted to shift traffic away from the edge of the deck?
CDUB98
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The damage looks bad, but overall, the bridge is probably still structural sound to handle the load placed on it.

It looked like the old HOV and will likely get torn down, so they don't want to spend a bunch of money on it to make it look better.

I could be wrong though.
randy828
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The HOV lane is expected to be closed for at least the rest of the day.

Um, the HOV is going to be closed for a couple of months. He almost went completely through the outside beam.
Was open this morning.
I'd be curious to know what they did to allow the HOV to re-open. Were the barrier and lane alignments adjusted to shift traffic away from the edge of the deck?
Yes, there was a barrier on the right side coming in (shifting the traffic to the left side of the lane), on the other side you could see the damage. Pretty bad. I was driving our van pool this morning, if I remember, I will take a pic this afternoon as I won't be driving.
Cru
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The damage looks bad, but overall, the bridge is probably still structural sound to handle the load placed on it.

It looked like the old HOV and will likely get torn down, so they don't want to spend a bunch of money on it to make it look better.

I could be wrong though.
You would know something about handling loads.
CDUB98
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Your mom handled my giant load.
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