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Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

RE: Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

I would be curious to see the photos.  

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RE: Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

No permit - OOPS!

RE: Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

Wow, that's pretty impressive!

I don't understand how the excavator arm ended up well above the bridge deck but it did not punch through the concrete bridge rail.

Any thoughts?

RE: Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

Looks like a lot of the post-tensioned cables have been damage as well.
Worst-case the deck may need to be replaced.

RE: Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

The excavator arm tore through the exterior girder wall and punched up the the deck, missing the rail.  That'll leave a mark...


RE: Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

Wow, very stupid!! But here in the UK where we have those red double decker buses every so often a driver forgets his way and slices the top off the bus on a bridge deck. Luckily most of us are too lazy to climb the stairs to the top deck of the bus.

RE: Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

Is that the Extreme Stupidity I or II limit state?

RE: Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

Bridgebuster

Any new up dates on the bridge? Have they manage to remove excavator yet?

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