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New bridge collapses into river in rural Saskatchewan hours after opening


Misc CDN | 207487 hits | Sep 18 11:21 am | Posted by: DrCaleb
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A rural politician in eastern Saskatchewan says he's at a loss to explain why a newly built bridge collapsed just hours after opening.

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  1. by avatar martin14
    Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:07 pm
    Whatever social media Can Struct had, is gone.
    Can't imagine why.

  2. by avatar bootlegga
    Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:16 pm
    At least nobody was driving over it when it collapsed.

  3. by avatar raydan
    Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:11 pm
    New bridge??? That thing looks like it was built 100 years ago! 8O

  4. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:18 pm
    "raydan" said
    New bridge??? That thing looks like it was built 100 years ago! 8O


    Agreed. It's a piece of shit from the get-go.

    It's not like Canada doesn't have some amazing bridge building firms. This one meets California's stringent seismic standards and there's a shitload of their bridges around the state.

    https://www.canambridges.com/products/s ... s-bridges/

  5. by avatar Robair
    Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:29 pm
    The tax base of all these rural areas is shrinking every year. New pro-ag company legislation vs the old rules that favored family farms is speeding that up.

    The budget available for a bridge that a few farmers use is likely laughable.

  6. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:34 pm
    Sad but true.

    Maybe the farmers need to ask President Trump for help.

    You never know, he may just pay for it himself. :wink:

  7. by avatar DrCaleb
    Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:36 pm
    "Robair" said

    The budget available for a bridge that a few farmers use is likely laughable.


    According to Sasktenders, the bridge contract was worth $325,000. Hicks said it's difficult to justify a huge budget for this bridge, which he estimated would have about 1,000 vehicles crossing it annually.


    He said the issue was with five underwater pilings and "the whole five of them just went straight down. Boom. Four feet."

    "So something tells me that something underneath the ground happened. I don't know what it was. They don't know what it was. Nobody knows what it is."


    "I think it's irregular that a proper geotechnical program wasn't done for the piers in the water," said Gauvreau, an engineering professor at the U of T. "And it is not correct to say that it can't be done in a river. It's done all the time."


    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.4829890

    Now that geotechnical review doesn't look so expensive, compared to fixing the problem, hmmmm?

    As the saying goes, "if you don't have the budget to do it right, how will you find the budget to do it over?"

  8. by avatar Robair
    Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:57 pm
    He said the construction company is going to rebuild the bridge at no cost to taxpayers.
    Good!
    But there should probably be a complaint and an investigation. That could have easily killed somebody.

  9. by avatar raydan
    Fri Sep 21, 2018 2:01 pm
    "Robair" said
    He said the construction company is going to rebuild the bridge at no cost to taxpayers.
    Good!
    But there should probably be a complaint and an investigation. That could have easily killed somebody.

    I did the math and it comes out to 1 vehicle crossing the bridge every 8.76 hours. So saying that it could have easily killed somebody is somewhat of an exaggeration. :lol:

  10. by avatar Robair
    Fri Sep 21, 2018 2:46 pm
    Yea I'm just picturing flying down that gravel road after dark.

    When you grow up driving the same gravel road over and over, you tend to start covering it at a quicker pace. Start drifting all the corners. Getting a little air over correction lines...

    All of a sudden NO BRIDGE 8O


  11. by avatar DrCaleb
    Fri Sep 21, 2018 2:50 pm
    I was picturing an orange Charger. ;)

  12. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:32 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    I was picturing an orange Charger. ;)


    Those were for just the good old boys who never meant anyone any harm. :wink:

  13. by avatar Robair
    Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:48 pm
    Yea, meanwhile one went to jail for owed alimony and the other is up on cocaine and assault charges...

    I'm more "East bound and down" 8)

    RIP Burt!

  14. by avatar martin14
    Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:51 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    He said the issue was with five underwater pilings and "the whole five of them just went straight down. Boom. Four feet."

    "So something tells me that something underneath the ground happened. I don't know what it was. They don't know what it was. Nobody knows what it is."



    Bedrock ?
    Gravel layer ?
    Sand ?

    Nah, just throw them in the mud, it'll be fine.



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