[Talk-us-massachusetts] River Street Bridge CLOSED

[DJ Chase]

On Sun May 22, 2022 at 8:51 AM EDT, Bill Ricker wrote:
> On Sun, May 22, 2022, 03:06 DJ Chase <u9000 at posteo.mx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat May 21, 2022 at 9:54 PM EDT, Bill Ricker wrote:
> > > Since this bridge was apparently already scheduled for a rapid bridge
> > > replacement and failed an interim inspection, this may be closure for
> > > duration while they expedite building the replacement ... or they may be
> > > able to patch it, reopen, build replacement,and swap them ... TBD next
> > > week, i guess ?
> >
> > From my understanding of the closure, someone drove too tall of a truck
> > into the bridge and it will be closed for 6 months to a year.
>
> Interesting. But too tall?  River St Bridge spans RR tracks and didn't have
> a cross frame.
> That may be a different incident, or maybe it was a too =heavy= truck, too
> fast - it had been posted 20mph, probably for protection pending scheduled
> replacement, may well have had a weight posting as well.

Also interesting. Regardless, though, 6–12 months is technically <= 6
months but practically > 6 months. I know this was a point of discussion
for how to mark the bridge as closed higher up in the tread.

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DJ Chase
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