One Killed After Bridge Collapses On I-35 In Salado, Texas

[Cigar]

https://cbsdallas.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/ktwx-bridge.jpg?w=620&h=349&crop=1

One person was killed and several injured Thursday when a bridge currently under construction was hit and collapsed onto Interstate-35 in Salado, Texas.

The accident was reported at 11:15 a.m. at FM 2484 and I-35.

According to TXDOT, an oversized tractor trailer struck a bridge support, causing several beams to fall onto the roadway.

Read more: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/03/26/report-i-35-bridge-collapses-in-salado-texas/


Ironically ... this was just one of thousands of Infrastructure projects that required constructions ... this one was under construction ... but too late. :undecided:

There are Ticking Time Bombs like this all over the Country, while the our Legislators play Russian Roulette with American lives.

Hope now one you or I Love is next.

[iustitia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpzvaqypav8

[bajisima]

This bridge didn't collapse on its own, it was hit by a truck.

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/bell-county-reported-bridge-collapse-on-interstate/nkfxd/

[Cigar]

This bridge didn't collapse on its own, it was hit by a truck.

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/bell-county-reported-bridge-collapse-on-interstate/nkfxd/

Bridges get hit by Truck Tailors everyday all the time ...

[texan]

https://cbsdallas.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/ktwx-bridge.jpg?w=620&h=349&crop=1

One person was killed and several injured Thursday when a bridge currently under construction was hit and collapsed onto Interstate-35 in Salado, Texas.

The accident was reported at 11:15 a.m. at FM 2484 and I-35.

According to TXDOT, an oversized tractor trailer struck a bridge support, causing several beams to fall onto the roadway.

Read more: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/03/26/report-i-35-bridge-collapses-in-salado-texas/


Ironically ... this was just one of thousands of Infrastructure projects that required constructions ... this one was under construction ... but too late. :undecided:

There are Ticking Time Bombs like this all over the Country, while the our Legislators play Russian Roulette with American lives.

Hope now one you or I Love is next.


Really man? We should have repaired the bridge sooner to prevent a tractor trailer from running into it? WOW you are really something!

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[Cigar]

Really man? We should have repaired the bridge sooner to prevent a tractor trailer from running into it?

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No ... it's in Texas ... what do I care.

[exotix]

Bohner ~ Where's teh Jobs ?

[Mister D]

lol Your talking points sucked today, Cigar. More than usual.

[Cigar]

Bohner ~ Where's teh Jobs ?

This Study is over 5 years old ... Freight trucks cause 99% of wear-and-tear on US roads, but only pay for 35% of the maintenance. This $60B subsidy causes extra congestion and pollution, and taxpayers pay the bill.

It seems obvious that the heavier the vehicle, the more damage it does to roads over time. A 40,000 pound big rig probably does a bit more damage than your average 3500 pound consumer vehicle, right? It turns out that vehicle road damage doesn’t rise linearly with weight. Road damage rises with the fourth power of weight (http://truecostblog.com/2009/06/02/the-hidden-trucking-industry-subsidy/#link1), and this means that a 40,000 pound truck does roughly 10,000 times more damage to roadways than the average car [1] (http://truecostblog.com/2009/06/02/the-hidden-trucking-industry-subsidy/#link1)!


In other words, one fully loaded 18-wheeler does the same damage to a road as 9600 cars (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-10-3878428638_x.htm). According to the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the trucking industry represents 11% of all vehicles (http://www.truckline.com/Programs/Documents/Image%20Tools%20and%20Information/Trucking%20Industry.pdf) on the road in the US, while paying 35% of all highway taxes (http://www.truckline.com/Programs/Documents/Image%20Tools%20and%20Information/Trucking%20Industry.pdf). But if trucks represent 11% of vehicles, their heavy loads cause them to do 99% of all road damage! [2] (http://truecostblog.com/2009/06/02/the-hidden-trucking-industry-subsidy/#link2) The trucking industry paid $35 Billion in highway taxes in 2005, according to the ATA. Since most of the $100 Billion in highway taxes paid goes to maintenance (and US infrastructure maintenance is far behind), this implies that the trucking industry receives a $60 Billion annual subsidy from other drivers.


What are the negative effects of this subsidy? Since the trucking industry doesn’t pay the true cost of its road usage, it benefits relative to rail and other forms of transport. Freight rail lines are privately owned and maintained in the US, so they don’t receive a similar subsidy. As a result, more truck traffic ends up on highways than the market would dictate, leaving the taxpayers poorer, the air dirtier, and the roads more congested.

So do nothing but make excuses right? :rollseyes:

http://truecostblog.com/2009/06/02/the-hidden-trucking-industry-subsidy/

[Cigar]

lol Your talking points sucked today, Cigar. More than usual.

One less Hick Cowboy doesn't bother me :laugh:

[texan]

You know all about that accident huh? Kind of like you knew all about the Michael Brown case?


Here is an idea you should implement, stop trying take force stories into making a point or outcome that you want...........

[Mister D]

This Study is over 5 years old ... Freight trucks cause 99% of wear-and-tear on US roads, but only pay for 35% of the maintenance. This $60B subsidy causes extra congestion and pollution, and taxpayers pay the bill.

It seems obvious that the heavier the vehicle, the more damage it does to roads over time. A 40,000 pound big rig probably does a bit more damage than your average 3500 pound consumer vehicle, right? It turns out that vehicle road damage doesn’t rise linearly with weight. Road damage rises with the fourth power of weight (http://truecostblog.com/2009/06/02/the-hidden-trucking-industry-subsidy/#link1), and this means that a 40,000 pound truck does roughly 10,000 times more damage to roadways than the average car [1] (http://truecostblog.com/2009/06/02/the-hidden-trucking-industry-subsidy/#link1)!


In other words, one fully loaded 18-wheeler does the same damage to a road as 9600 cars (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-10-3878428638_x.htm). According to the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the trucking industry represents 11% of all vehicles (http://www.truckline.com/Programs/Documents/Image%20Tools%20and%20Information/Trucking%20Industry.pdf) on the road in the US, while paying 35% of all highway taxes (http://www.truckline.com/Programs/Documents/Image%20Tools%20and%20Information/Trucking%20Industry.pdf). But if trucks represent 11% of vehicles, their heavy loads cause them to do 99% of all road damage! [2] (http://truecostblog.com/2009/06/02/the-hidden-trucking-industry-subsidy/#link2) The trucking industry paid $35 Billion in highway taxes in 2005, according to the ATA. Since most of the $100 Billion in highway taxes paid goes to maintenance (and US infrastructure maintenance is far behind), this implies that the trucking industry receives a $60 Billion annual subsidy from other drivers.


What are the negative effects of this subsidy? Since the trucking industry doesn’t pay the true cost of its road usage, it benefits relative to rail and other forms of transport. Freight rail lines are privately owned and maintained in the US, so they don’t receive a similar subsidy. As a result, more truck traffic ends up on highways than the market would dictate, leaving the taxpayers poorer, the air dirtier, and the roads more congested.

So do nothing but make excuses right? :rollseyes:

http://truecostblog.com/2009/06/02/the-hidden-trucking-industry-subsidy/

:laugh: A truck driving into a support is not "wear and tear". That's like totaling your car and calling it inevitable "wear and tear". Too funny.

[Cigar]

You know all about that accident huh? Kind of like you knew all about the Michael Brown case?


Here is an idea you should implement, stop trying take force stories into making a point or outcome that you want...........

Here's a better idea ... how bout you hand him a Shoehorn :grin:

http://insider.foxnews.com/sites/insider.foxnews.com/files/GuyTrapped.jpg

[Mister D]

I had to thank that post. It made me laugh out loud.

[texan]

His picture is funny but my advice is better.


Let's face it I doubt he even read the part about the truck hitting the bridge until it was pointed out.

[Cigar]

Pardon the interruption while we breack for Building Explotion in NY.

These Gas Explotions happen after 80 years of no Infrastructure Upggrades.

I now return you to your denials. :grin:

[sachem]

One less Hick Cowboy doesn't bother me :laugh:That isn't a nice thing to say.

[Common]

I would hate to think that a truck hitting a bridge support could take out any bridge. That would mean there isnt any bridge in america safe to drive on.