Nothing a bit of jb weld cant fix

Another angle.



Right near the center pylon.

The other side looks like its messed up, too.

So how much of the pipeline oil that's now being sent by 18 wheelers will now be derailed by shutting this down?

Albatross Necklace said:

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So how much of the pipeline oil that's now being sent by 18 wheelers will now be derailed by shutting this down?

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Saw the Governor of Arkansas say that he was waiving rules and allowing more truckers to carry gas and other refined products to go through his state to those hit. So shutting down the main artery between TN and AR won't help.

Albatross Necklace said:

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So how much of the pipeline oil that's now being sent by 18 wheelers will now be derailed by shutting this down?

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Cars are like guns to the Dems. Only the rich should have them.

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That's a very Memphis question to ask, haha... (I grew up there but I "got to Texas as fast as I could!")
It's a crummy city with an inferiority complex.. everytime something happens there with national news implications that gets overlooked or ignored nationally, they're so frustrated! And it really does seem to happen. lolz

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Been to Memphis a few times. Mostly for bowl games. Wasn't all that impressed, frankly.

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And for as much as it's heralded, Memphis BBQ sucks!

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aggiehawg said:

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joho said:

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That's a very Memphis question to ask, haha... (I grew up there but I "got to Texas as fast as I could!")
It's a crummy city with an inferiority complex.. everytime something happens there with national news implications that gets overlooked or ignored nationally, they're so frustrated! And it really does seem to happen. lolz

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Been to Memphis a few times. Mostly for bowl games. Wasn't all that impressed, frankly.

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And for as much as it's heralded, Memphis BBQ sucks!

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Agree. That was by far the biggest disappointment. We were looking forward to having a great BBQ dinner at the famous Commissary in Germantown. Frankly, it was awful. Little to no smoke taste and their sauces aren't much better. Waste of money. And I have been forced to eat some "famous" barbecue meals from Arkansas as well. I can personally attest that Memphis was even worse than that.

aggiehawg said:

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RGLAG85 said:

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aggiehawg said:

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joho said:

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That's a very Memphis question to ask, haha... (I grew up there but I "got to Texas as fast as I could!")
It's a crummy city with an inferiority complex.. everytime something happens there with national news implications that gets overlooked or ignored nationally, they're so frustrated! And it really does seem to happen. lolz

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Been to Memphis a few times. Mostly for bowl games. Wasn't all that impressed, frankly.

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And for as much as it's heralded, Memphis BBQ sucks!

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Agree. That was by far the biggest disappointment. We were looking forward to having a great BBQ dinner at the famous Commissary in Germantown. Frankly, it was awful. Little to no smoke taste and their sauces aren't much better. Waste of money. And I have been forced to eat some "famous" barbecue meals from Arkansas as well. I can personally attest that Memphis was even worse than that.

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Yep, taste like it's roasted not scmoked.

Texas no. 1
Kansas City no.2

Turn it over to some undocumented immigrants...give em some Duck tape, Gorilla Glue, bailing wire and Bondo. Problem solved.

Memphis makes Detroit look like Shangri-La. What a dump.

Is there anything Biden can't f^ck up? He's the dude in Master and Commander that jinxed the boat and ultimately grabbed a cannon ball and jumped overboard to kill the bad luck.

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Bridges are infrastructure

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Racist! Pre pre school indoctrination is infrastructure. Remember, the uniparty is always right.

Kamala and the rest of the socialists will put this repair on hold until more important infrastructure projects are completed:

free daycare
free pre-k education
free 2-year college
etc

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If you have a "crack" that large, I'd bet a bunch of money there are plenty more cracks waiting to be found.

A tip of the cap to the inspector, glad he wasn't half assing it.

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You'd have to zero ass it to miss THAT "crack"...

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I haven't heard it nor found a link yet but TD posters listened to the 911 call from the bridge inspector telling 911 the bridge needed to be closed ASAP.

Can you imagine being on the 911 end of that call?

911: Sir? You want me to send police to shut down access to the I-40 bridge? Why again?

Inspector: There's a crack!! <static>

911: There's a what? A crackhead threatening to jump?

Inspector: No! There is a large break <static>

911: Who is this again???

Inspector:

Gorilla Glue + Gorilla Tape = DONE!

Couple of trillion will fix that right up

A couple of fish plates, some 7018 rods, and a Millet Bobcat welding machine, and she'll be good as new.

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This one looks more like JB Weld to me.

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Rumor has it that ARDOT inspected the bridge and gave it a pass, then TNDOT found the break just a short time later. Way to go Arkansas bridge inspectors....guess someone has to be 50th in the nation.

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Considering it is near the center of the bridge, on the TN side or AR side??

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A couple of fish plates, some 7018 rods, and a Millet Bobcat welding machine, and she'll be good as new.

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Maybe you can't answer this but is it significant that the steel failed away from the rivets, instead of at the rivets???

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Another angle.



Right near the center pylon.

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Holy **** that a big break. No way is that the only break in that bridge.

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aggiehawg said:

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Burdizzo said:

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A couple of fish plates, some 7018 rods, and a Millet Bobcat welding machine, and she'll be good as new.

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Maybe you can't answer this but is it significant that the steel failed away from the rivets, instead of at the rivets???

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Yes.

It IS significant.

And I don't know how often they inspect that bridge, but that COMPLETE FAILURE of the steel integrity didn't just happen in a short time.

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That bridge was built in the early 60s. The I-55 was built well before that.

So explain to me like I am five, why that is significant. Not Chinese bad steel.

What does that mean?

They just need to extend that gusset plate a couple feet. That should do'er.

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aggiehawg said:

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joho said:

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That's a very Memphis question to ask, haha... (I grew up there but I "got to Texas as fast as I could!")
It's a crummy city with an inferiority complex.. everytime something happens there with national news implications that gets overlooked or ignored nationally, they're so frustrated! And it really does seem to happen. lolz

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Been to Memphis a few times. Mostly for bowl games. Wasn't all that impressed, frankly.

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I wouldn't say it sucks, but I do agree its overrated.

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They just need to extend that gusset plate a couple feet. That should do'er.

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Frankly I am surprised at the number of posters who say dumb crap like that.

Shame on you.

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Burdizzo said:

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A couple of fish plates, some 7018 rods, and a Millet Bobcat welding machine, and she'll be good as new.

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Maybe you can't answer this but is it significant that the steel failed away from the rivets, instead of at the rivets???

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Yes.

It IS significant.

And I don't know how often they inspect that bridge, but that COMPLETE FAILURE of the steel integrity didn't just happen in a short time.

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That bridge was built in the early 60s. The I-55 was built well before that.

So explain to me like I am five, why that is significant. Not Chinese bad steel.

What does that mean?

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Take a toothpick. Hold it tightly in one hand and then push down on the far end until it snaps. Notice it breaks not right where your finger are holding it, but somewhere further down.

Failing at the rivets would be odd unless they were incorrectly installed. Since they've been there forever, they were probably installed correctly.

But, the failure further out shows that the structural integrity of the steel was severely compromised.

And a failure that catastrophic (and yes, it is that, which is why they immediately shut down the bridge) doesn't just happen quickly. That spot has had weakness for awhile. Which should have been caught much earlier.

That kind of a break doesn't just happen overnight in a steel beam of that size. I'm thinking that it's a fatigue crack that has been growing for years and finally progressed to a fracture. The break is aligned in the plane of maximum stress near the fixed end of the beam. This has likely been progressing for years and should have been caught on an annual inspection at some point prior to fracture.

Or at least that's what I learned from the CE205 class I took literally 40 years ago this Fall. Perhaps a real structural engineer could step up and correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes, it is likely a fatigue related issue. It occurred in the bottom chord which, at least for txdot, would be a fracture critical component. I'm a structural engineer but my focus is not bridges so I'm sure someone else out there could provide more info.

http://onlinemanuals.txdot.gov/txdotmanuals/ins/critical_inspections.htm