Baltimore bridge in America collapses after ship hits it
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Baltimore bridge in America collapses after ship hits it
You'd think that there'd be more protection around key support structures on bridges... There'll be a massive investigation over that.
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Re: Baltimore bridge in America collapses after ship hits it
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Re: Baltimore bridge in America collapses after ship hits it
Hopefully our bridges aren't that weak. I can't imagine the wear bridge collapsing so easily if hit by a ship, as that bridge was.
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Re: Baltimore bridge in America collapses after ship hits it
They don't dredge the River Wear now so I doubt ships would reach it.Steve30000 wrote: ↑30 Mar 2024, 10:18Hopefully our bridges aren't that weak. I can't imagine the wear bridge collapsing so easily if hit by a ship, as that bridge was.
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Even if they did, would a container ship be able to go under it? Think those ships would be too big, even under the spire, and I'm certain that's a lower height than the queen Alexandra.Crawford wrote: ↑31 Mar 2024, 14:27They don't dredge the River Wear now so I doubt ships would reach it.Steve30000 wrote: ↑30 Mar 2024, 10:18
Hopefully our bridges aren't that weak. I can't imagine the wear bridge collapsing so easily if hit by a ship, as that bridge was.
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Re: Baltimore bridge in America collapses after ship hits it
Nothing too big would reach the Northern Spire.Steve30000 wrote: ↑01 Apr 2024, 11:39Even if they did, would a container ship be able to go under it? Think those ships would be too big, even under the spire, and I'm certain that's a lower height than the queen Alexandra.
Some ships can get to the Corporation Quay, but I doubt container ships could negotiate past the piers.