Memorial Bridge closure?

[huskerdont]

@creadinger 136046 wrote:

Did anyone else hear the new news today from NPS that if the bridge doesn’t get a complete rebuild of the undercarriage it will be a pedestrian/bike bridge within 5 years and get a little excited??

Of course, that’s not going to happen. They’ll get the $250,000,000 from somewhere and all the other projects for improving ped/bike infrastructure will likely suffer as a result… like that gravelly point by-pass or maintaining the boardwalk near TR Island.

On the other hand, it would be a very nice way to cross the river.

I got excited until I realized that it would continue crumbling, and if no cars are using it, they’d actually *never* fix it. So we’d have a whole nice bridge to use for a few years and then nada.

[mstone]

@huskerdont 136052 wrote:

I got excited until I realized that it would continue crumbling, and if no cars are using it, they’d actually *never* fix it. So we’d have a whole nice bridge to use for a few years and then nada.

Without the weight of cars it would probably outlive all of us.

[bentbike33]

The mistake NPS made was discovering and attempting to fix the problem before the spectacular and tragic failure of the bridge. You want a bridge replaced pronto, you need a disaster. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge. This bridge collapsed Aug. 1, 2007 and was reopened September 18, 2008.

[baiskeli]

@bentbike33 136075 wrote:

The mistake NPS made was discovering and attempting to fix the problem before the spectacular and tragic failure of the bridge. You want a bridge replaced pronto, you need a disaster. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge. This bridge collapsed Aug. 1, 2007 and was reopened September 18, 2008.

It could still turn out that way though.

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