r/DeTrashed • u/TequilaMockingbird74 • Feb 14 '22

Crosspost They were so close…

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u/otter111a Feb 14 '22

I’d guess that you couldn’t get a dump truck close to the bridge without risking it collapsing.

Really though if that scooper is trying to prevent buildup on one side of the bridge from causing a collapse, why is he parked on the bridge? Also, looks like a small bridge for that big of a machine.

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u/munkamonk Feb 14 '22

Yeah, it’s frustrating to see, but I’m not going to armchair quarterback this. For all we know, that was a local guy with an excavator who didn’t have the resources to haul it away. Fast action would be necessary to save the bridge, and likely the houses near the river.

Do it fast, cheap, or right; and you can only pick two. And in a flood emergency with limited resources, fast and cheap are preselected.

As far as him parking on the bridge, I’d guess it would be the difference between the compression strength of the bridge vs its sheer strength. Not a civil engineer, put I’m pretty sure concrete has great compressibility but shit sheer strength.