The East Dubuque bridge is also single lane/very narrow iirc which added to feeling a little weird about it.
The one connecting WI is wider and doesn't have the same design or sway.
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The East Dubuque bridge is also single lane/very narrow iirc which added to feeling a little weird about it.
The one connecting WI is wider and doesn't have the same design or sway.
Norfolk, at the mouth of the bay, will pick up a fair amount of the slack, too.
Unfortunately we are on the clock for one of the ultra-huge cruise ships to have an at seas disaster.
well if I read correctly, that lady was real drunk but point taken
Will be interesting to see if this event speeds up the replacement or tightening of the Talmadge bridge. I’m sure that’s still a few years away, and it will be a logistical nightmare for anyone commuting across the river while work is in progress.
Bingo. Anyhting longer than 20' crossing a waterway gets classified as a bridge. There's a reason 3,000 of the 4,500 are labeled "Rural Local Road". "Stream Crossing Field Entrance" doesn't have the same effect.
That's what I meant with "Hampton Roads."
Southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the Chesapeake has lots of port capacity.
The GDOT awarded a contract to raise the center span by 20 feet in January. Work is slated to begin next year and supposedly traffic will be able to continue over the bridge throughout the process. I'm super interested in watching the process play out.
As an aside, I'm fascinated by Savannah's unyielding desire to become the largest port on the Eastern seaboard.
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Unfortunately we are on the clock for one of the ultra-huge cruise ships to have an at seas disaster.
But this ship can't sink.
A single tug might not even budge a huge container ship once it was in motion.
That will be fascinating to see indeed. On a lighter note, that raising might make the Bridge Run that much more challenging too.
Big picture after this event, I expect Baltimore’s port will still take ships regularly. But this will undoubtedly impact truck traffic through the Chesapeake corridor.
Will that result in more ships to Savannah? Will those trailers end up on 16/95? It’s all fascinating how this connects in the supply chain.
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Interstate 80 over the Mississippi makes me tense up. And no thank you when I drove the RV over it ... sitting way to high up to see high up we are...
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The bridge is expected to be closed for 2 months while the Iowa Department of Transportation addresses structural concerns.
I would imagine Savannah will try to capture as much of this sudden demand as they can handle.
The port recently started work on tearing up the old Roll-on/Roll-off lots to convert the portion of the port nearest the bridge into container traffic.
Brunswick, just south of Savannah, is greatly expanding their RoRo capacity so pretty much all of that is heading there now while Savannah focuses on containers.
They're currently expanding I-16 to help handle the planned growth, but I would imagine a lot of it will be handled via rail, too.
It'll be interesting to watch play out.
I think I am going to watch season 2 of the Wire when I get home today.
Deficient, but not relevant (unless you are trying to scare up some funding)
Why shouldn't we want to fund infrastructure improvements?
