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(Fox 13 Memphis)   Breaking: I-40 Bridge over the Mississippi River   (fox13memphis.com) divider line
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Circusdog320 [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 6:30:56 PM  
So called experts are saying the bridge is dangerous. Fake structural engineers from some fancy school and the government are saying the bridge isn't safe. This is America! I'll drive across that bridge any damn time I want!
 
Nadie_AZ  
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2021-05-11 6:37:21 PM  
Meh. This slows down the economy and impedes on freedoms! People should be able to drive over that bridge and breath that free American air. Open the Bridge! Open the Bridge! Open the Bridge!
 
Wanebo [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 6:47:47 PM  
Mid-Southerners?

It's like the folks in Memphis want to distance themselves from being in 2 flyover areas.
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 6:53:57 PM  
Well, shiat.
 
BigNumber12  
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2021-05-11 6:54:08 PM  
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Apparently cracks one through tree were within design tolerances.
 
Farkenhostile  
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2021-05-11 6:55:38 PM  
I bet there has been a lot of cracks on that bridge over the years.
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 6:55:56 PM  
Tell us again GOP how we don't need (b/tr)illions in infrastructure repairs.
 
null [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 6:58:35 PM  

BigNumber12: [Fark user image image 418x232]

Apparently cracks one through tree were within design tolerances.


Just by looking at that pic I can guess that the bridge was already on the "functionally obsolete" list just for too-narrow shoulders and insufficient merge area.
 
null [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 7:00:51 PM  

GardenWeasel: Tell us again GOP how we don't need (b/tr)illions in infrastructure repairs.


I got this.

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And the image was already cached on Fark no less, hmmmmm.
 
Earguy [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 8:41:55 PM  
And the Rs are opposing anything Biden supports, including infrastructure rebuilding.
 
kyleaugustus  
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2021-05-11 9:26:16 PM  
Well There's Your Problem | Episode 36: I-35W Mississippi River Bridge Collapse
Youtube i5OkTfOLqx8


It's five less good, but much more broken.
 
dr_iacovone  
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2021-05-11 9:26:20 PM  
I don't think I'll ever get over the Mississippi River
 
ongbok  
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2021-05-11 9:28:14 PM  
I guess this bridge was overlooked during Trump's Infrastructure Week
 
Gulper Eel  
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2021-05-11 9:28:52 PM  
Cracks that only show up after decades of heavy use? Amateurs.

What you want is the -new- project shiatting the bed, and then you cover up the defects until you get paid in full for the original shoddy-ass work, AND land the contract to repair the original shoddy-ass work.
 
Fano  
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2021-05-11 9:29:10 PM  
Thank farking god no one can get in from west Memphis now. They should militarize it while they have a chance, maybe get naval reinforcements from the Millington base
 
bayoukitty  
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2021-05-11 9:29:12 PM  
FTFA: "A TDOT spokesperson confirmed the bridge will be closed indefinitely to FOX13."

Don't worry. It's only closed to the news crew. *sigh*
 
Archie Goodwin  
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2021-05-11 9:29:31 PM  
Just in: Mike Lindell last seen heading to Memphis.
 
fat boy  
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2021-05-11 9:29:50 PM  
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Did someone say Crack?
 
New Rising Sun  
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2021-05-11 9:30:40 PM  
It's a freedom crack.  Just like the Liberty Bell.  Fixing it would be communism, or something.
 
flamesfan [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 9:31:11 PM  

ongbok: I guess this bridge was overlooked during Trump's Infrastructure Week


Just waiting for the Chinese Belt and Road funding to repair it.
 
New Rising Sun  
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2021-05-11 9:31:54 PM  

bayoukitty: FTFA: "A TDOT spokesperson confirmed the bridge will be closed indefinitely to FOX13."

Don't worry. It's only closed to the news crew. *sigh*


Whar dative case? Whar?
 
cyberspacedout  
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2021-05-11 9:32:16 PM  
It's not just any crack - it's a "structural infrastructure" crack. That must be a bad thing.
 
Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo  
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2021-05-11 9:33:11 PM  
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Whatthefark  
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2021-05-11 9:33:23 PM  
I heard that Biden and Kamala hired a covert team led by Stone Cold Steve Austin to sabotage the bridge. That way people will support Biden's infrastructure plan and Hillary will use the momentum to launch a successful Pres run in '24.
 
Another Government Employee  
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2021-05-11 9:33:45 PM  

Circusdog320: So called experts are saying the bridge is dangerous. Fake structural engineers from some fancy school and the government are saying the bridge isn't safe. This is America! I'll drive across that bridge any damn time I want!


Go ahead. New Orleans is only 400 miles away.
 
phishrace  
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2021-05-11 9:34:25 PM  

dr_iacovone: I don't think I'll ever get over the Mississippi River


The Mighty Miss make Macho Grande look like Machu Picchu.
 
thorpe [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 9:37:09 PM  
This seems like a big deal:

"River traffic is also shut down until further notice."

Alternate routes: Upstream to St. Paul, MN; portage to Duluth, MN; Lake Michigan to Lake Huron to Lake Erie to Buffalo, NY; portage to Fort Niagara State Park; Lake Ontario to St. Lawrence River to Atlantic Ocean to Gulf of Mexico to Mississippi River; north on Mississippi River to destination.
 
Mrtraveler01 [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 9:38:47 PM  

null: BigNumber12: [Fark user image image 418x232]

Apparently cracks one through tree were within design tolerances.

Just by looking at that pic I can guess that the bridge was already on the "functionally obsolete" list just for too-narrow shoulders and insufficient merge area.


That's Tennessee's highways for you.

Both the Memphis and Nashville freeway systems must have been designed by someone on meth.
 
SirDigbyChickenCaesar  
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2021-05-11 9:39:24 PM  

fat boy: [Fark user image 259x194]

Did someone say Crack?


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better save me some dude
 
Weatherkiss [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 9:39:57 PM  
Infrastructure weak.
 
Mrtraveler01 [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 9:41:40 PM  
"Damnit Fox13 graphics department! You had one job"

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Fano  
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2021-05-11 9:45:12 PM  

Mrtraveler01: null: BigNumber12: [Fark user image image 418x232]

Apparently cracks one through tree were within design tolerances.

Just by looking at that pic I can guess that the bridge was already on the "functionally obsolete" list just for too-narrow shoulders and insufficient merge area.

That's Tennessee's highways for you.

Both the Memphis and Nashville freeway systems must have been designed by someone on meth.


But we'll always have Bucksnort
 
phishrace  
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2021-05-11 9:51:07 PM  

Circusdog320: So called experts are saying the bridge is dangerous. Fake structural engineers from some fancy school and the government are saying the bridge isn't safe. This is America! I'll drive across that bridge any damn time I want!


I'm sure you'll be fine.

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lilbjorn [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 9:51:36 PM  
But the GQP assured me that we don't need an infrastructure bill.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 9:51:49 PM  

Mrtraveler01: null: BigNumber12: [Fark user image image 418x232]

Apparently cracks one through tree were within design tolerances.

Just by looking at that pic I can guess that the bridge was already on the "functionally obsolete" list just for too-narrow shoulders and insufficient merge area.

That's Tennessee's highways for you.

Both the Memphis and Nashville freeway systems must have been designed by someone on meth.


If it's like most places in the US it was designed to cut apart minority communities.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 9:52:28 PM  

Mrtraveler01: "Damnit Fox13 graphics department! You had one job"

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Fox News would have labeled the bridge a Democrat.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 9:52:56 PM  

phishrace: Circusdog320: So called experts are saying the bridge is dangerous. Fake structural engineers from some fancy school and the government are saying the bridge isn't safe. This is America! I'll drive across that bridge any damn time I want!

I'm sure you'll be fine.

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"No, no, no! Not today!"
 
Icarus_Rising  
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2021-05-11 9:54:26 PM  
But let's bicker about "WHAR FROM MONEYS FOR INFRABILL???" for another couple decades.
 
casual disregard  
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2021-05-11 9:57:02 PM  

Wanebo: Mid-Southerners?

It's like the folks in Memphis want to distance themselves from being in 2 flyover areas.


I like to think of the south as a flexible thing. Depending on where you are, there are either rednecks just south of you or yankees just north of you. Doesn't matter where, it's always true.
 
natazha [BareFark]  
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2021-05-11 10:01:45 PM  

Mrtraveler01: null: BigNumber12: [Fark user image image 418x232]

Apparently cracks one through tree were within design tolerances.

Just by looking at that pic I can guess that the bridge was already on the "functionally obsolete" list just for too-narrow shoulders and insufficient merge area.

That's Tennessee's highways for you.

Both the Memphis and Nashville freeway systems must have been designed by someone on meth.


Much of the South is like that.  I took a long bike tour and many of the State highways had two-foot strips on each side to bring the lanes up to ten feet.
 
Mock26  
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2021-05-11 10:02:46 PM  
Fortunately the I-50 crosses the Mississippi about 3 miles down river. But they better hope that bridge holds up. If both bridges get shut down then it is about 100 miles to the North or 70 miles to the South to two nearest bridges.
 
Percise1  
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2021-05-11 10:04:49 PM  
According to an ARDOT spokesperson, the bridge is closed because of a structural infrastructure crack in the bridge.

A state "spokesperson" said "structural infrastructure crack"? In public? While sober?
I guess they told that teachin' lady when they dun had enuff learnin'!
 
Mrtraveler01 [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 10:04:54 PM  

Mock26: Fortunately the I-50 crosses the Mississippi about 3 miles down river. But they better hope that bridge holds up. If both bridges get shut down then it is about 100 miles to the North or 70 miles to the South to two nearest bridges.


That bridge is in even worse condition than the I-40 one (unless they did work on it recently). I'm surprised that one wasn't the one that's cracking.

And be sure not to miss your "exit" to stay on the highway if you cross that bridge.
 
Sporkabob [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 10:07:45 PM  
I remember 10 years ago when the Sherman Minton bridge(I-64) was closed because they found structural cracks. Though they quickly realized those cracks were 50 years old and dated back to the bridge's construction. It was only closed for 5-6 months for repairs.
 
Mycroft_Holmes_IV  
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2021-05-11 10:08:44 PM  

Mock26: Fortunately the I-50 crosses the Mississippi about 3 miles down river. But they better hope that bridge holds up. If both bridges get shut down then it is about 100 miles to the North or 70 miles to the South to two nearest bridges.


Yeah, a surprising lack of alternate routes available.  Like they don't believe in state highways or something.
 
Mrtraveler01 [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 10:10:51 PM  

casual disregard: Wanebo: Mid-Southerners?

It's like the folks in Memphis want to distance themselves from being in 2 flyover areas.

I like to think of the south as a flexible thing. Depending on where you are, there are either rednecks just south of you or yankees just north of you. Doesn't matter where, it's always true.


The "south" really starts about 100 miles south of St. Louis.

Parts of Missouri near the Arkansas line are very "southern".
 
Mrtraveler01 [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 10:11:43 PM  
But you're right. I'm sure people in Chicago think the same thing. Hence the phrase "Downstate".
 
Mock26  
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2021-05-11 10:14:10 PM  
On an unrelated note, I do enjoy the interesting borders that you find along the Mississippi.

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Sabreace22 [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 10:14:30 PM  
Between this and the gas shortages, karma seems like it doesn't want Mrs. Sabre and I to get home to see the parents now that we are all vaccinated.

/also surprised it wasn't the I-55 bridge
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 10:15:01 PM  

Mock26: On an unrelated note, I do enjoy the interesting borders that you find along the Mississippi.

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Is that one from river flow change?
 
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