Did not know that. Thought it was still ground based. Thanks for the clarification.Rapier108 said:Thankfully that is FedEx Express so it is going to less of an impact if it was FedEx Ground.Quote:
Memphis is the FedEx hub too.
Did not know that. Thought it was still ground based. Thanks for the clarification.Rapier108 said:Thankfully that is FedEx Express so it is going to less of an impact if it was FedEx Ground.Quote:
Memphis is the FedEx hub too.
Tex100 said:
Drove over that bridge last week.
We need to get laws passed requiring clean bill options. One topic/law only, full chamber votes with out nitpicking. Military budgets would be another example. No riders.ATXAg75 said:
We better get a real infrastructure bill passed to address this. Screw all that extra **** they are trying to throw into the bill. We cannot afford to punt on fixing our aging infrastructure in this country. We have been punting for at least the last 20 years. The I-35 bridge collapsed in Minnesota in 2007. We still haven't done crap in this country overall.
If that is the one over Pontchartrain, yes I have, and you are right. Nightmare scenario.nu awlins ag said:titan said:
The one in Lake Charles probably has had its share of sea storm damage too, right? Didn't it have a vessel slam against one of its pylons about two hurricanes there ago?
You guys haven't seen or been on the Huey P. Long in NOLA. There's a "kink" in it where when they were building it, one side was higher than the other, thus the "kink" to tie them together. Anything happens to the Atchafalaya Spillway bridge then you talk about **** down....please child.
BQ_90 said:
has the CDC blamed this on covid yet
It will cause some issues, but only for express shipments being trucked into Memphis from the west. Most likely they'll reroute them to brides north and south.aggiehawg said:Did not know that. Thought it was still ground based. Thanks for the clarification.Rapier108 said:Thankfully that is FedEx Express so it is going to less of an impact if it was FedEx Ground.Quote:
Memphis is the FedEx hub too.
if you're gonna fix it, fix it rightBiz Ag said:
titan said:If that is the one over Pontchartrain, yes I have, and you are right. Nightmare scenario.nu awlins ag said:titan said:
The one in Lake Charles probably has had its share of sea storm damage too, right? Didn't it have a vessel slam against one of its pylons about two hurricanes there ago?
You guys haven't seen or been on the Huey P. Long in NOLA. There's a "kink" in it where when they were building it, one side was higher than the other, thus the "kink" to tie them together. Anything happens to the Atchafalaya Spillway bridge then you talk about **** down....please child.
Yep, we need reform big time. Our government is broken.titan said:We need to get laws passed requiring clean bill options. One topic/law only, full chamber votes with out nitpicking. Military budgets would be another example. No riders.ATXAg75 said:
We better get a real infrastructure bill passed to address this. Screw all that extra **** they are trying to throw into the bill. We cannot afford to punt on fixing our aging infrastructure in this country. We have been punting for at least the last 20 years. The I-35 bridge collapsed in Minnesota in 2007. We still haven't done crap in this country overall.
riverrataggie said:
That's more than a crack
When freight traffic and Mississippi River traffic is halted or slowed way way down, that will cause even more distribution problems for everything.Quote:
The TDOT Chief Engineer said the inspector called local 911 to have the bridge immediately shut down as soon as he saw that crack.
My question now is why hasn't the national news outlets reported this? It's a bigger story than the pipeline hack.
Once patched a lower unit w/ JB and a beer can. True story.BQ_90 said:if you're gonna fix it, fix it rightBiz Ag said:
Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:
Both Greta and AOC are blaming Global Climate Change. The metal heated up too much and developed a weak spot. Now we have less than 8 years and probably about 3 months in Memphis proper.
Squadron7 said:Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:
Both Greta and AOC are blaming Global Climate Change. The metal heated up too much and developed a weak spot. Now we have less than 8 years and probably about 3 months in Memphis proper.
Fire can't melt steel....but Climate Change can!
Been to Memphis a few times. Mostly for bowl games. Wasn't all that impressed, frankly.joho said:
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
I had to commute over the Huey back in 2001. Traffic always backed up in the mornings. What made that bridge terrifying was being stuck on it as a freight train went over (between the two roadways). You just sat there hundred feet in the air bouncing up and down. No way that thing does have stress cracks.nu awlins ag said:titan said:
The one in Lake Charles probably has had its share of sea storm damage too, right? Didn't it have a vessel slam against one of its pylons about two hurricanes there ago?
You guys haven't seen or been on the Huey P. Long in NOLA. There's a "kink" in it where when they were building it, one side was higher than the other, thus the "kink" to tie them together. Anything happens to the Atchafalaya Spillway bridge then you talk about **** down....please child.