This is about 70 milers north of Seattle.
Wow Hope no one is hurt.
More big problems for Washington DOT

King tv I5 Bridge collapse

I travel across it all the time. Luckily I didn't have to go today.

And yet spending money to repair and upgrade infrastructure is wasteful pork. What a shame.

I hope no lives were lost.

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It's not listed on any structurally deficient bridge lists
why would you not fix something that isn't broken ?

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It's not listed on any structurally deficient bridge lists
why would you not fix something that isn't broken ?

...especially given that you don't fix those you already know are broken. Time for more tax breaks and spending cuts.

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And yet spending money to repair and upgrade infrastructure is wasteful pork. What a shame.

I hope no lives were lost.

No, what they pissed the money away on INSTEAD of using it for bridge and road repair is wasteful pork...

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Apparently an over sized Semi hit a bridge truss causing the collapse.

A semi hauling pork ?

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Did CalTrans do the original build and installed rustable bolts and tendons as they did on the new S.F. Bay Bridge?

no, but its an OLD steel truss bridge.

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Did CalTrans do the original build and installed rustable bolts and tendons as they did on the new S.F. Bay Bridge?

Everything you put on a bridge over salt-water is rustable. It's called StainLESS, not StainPROOF.

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stainless pits, it doesn't surface rust (for the most part) You get the wrong stainless alloy, and it will rust. Technically it is called CReSS. Corrosion Resistant Stainless Steel. I stress RESISTANT. I have a stainless 8qt stock pot with some pits on the bottom inside. Once you get a micro-pit, it becomes a nucleation site for bubbles when the liquid boils. And then it just gets worse. Same issue with high speed marine propellers on boats.

Oh, stainless can indeed rust! And yes, it's usually because it was the wrong grade of stainless for the application.

Also, I miss remembered the bay bridge case in any event... the issue there was they used galvanizing when they shouldn't have. The galvanizing process introduced hydrogen, and caused hydrogen embrittlement in the bolts - many of which are already showing cracks. Very little to do with corrosion, everything to do with poor material and finishing choice.

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