that looks familiar … ah yes …
That’s structural rust.
Don't touch it. That's load bearing rust.
Naaaah, a coat of paint and it’s good for another 100 years. But don’t sand it too much before that because it might disappear.
Cor-Ten steel is all the rage
Civil Unrust you say?
It follows trash-heap rules and whoever touches it last before it collapses is at fault
This sounds surprisingly close to how we rate US presidents.
Like Jenga?
That is homoeopathic structural integrity. The more you dilute it the stronger it becomes.
It sounds like it's time for Infrastructure Week™
Sorry, we only have budget for Infrastructure Weak™
Didn't this one get fixed? It's the one by andersonville right?
no idea – 2 year old post on Reddit titled it as “Chicago Metra Union Pacific Track UP-N line”
How the heck is this safe or acceptable?
This picture is old. It's been fixed for a few years. And this support was under an unused section of the bridge. The whole bridge was 3 train lines wide at first. And for freight traffic. But it had been repurposed into local passenger rail utilizing only 2 lines. Those lines not going over this section of the bridge. Was essentially so over engineered for it's current use that some supports being neglected wasn't urgent.
The bigger hurdle was wrapping up design and approval to build a whole new station at this spot and fix the bridge as part of that project scope.
If this collapse and people die, everyone will be like: "omg, that's higher forces, no one ever believe this would happen."
It's very unlikely that this would collapse due to being struck by a 20,000 ton shipping vessel tho.
The solution is obviously more tax cuts for the rich.
And corps. Don't worry, it'll trickle down.
the bridge will
i like the very subtle bend in it. Just a tiny bit so you know it's about to give in at any moment.
It’s just aesthetics. It’s “art”.
You think the Pittsburgh collapse would maybe tip people off that you can't just let this shit go and hope for the best.
The first bridge collapse I remember was Interstate 95 in CT back in 1983 (Mianus River). Ten years or so after that a bridge on the New York State Thruway collapsed. We clearly haven’t learned much in the past 40 years, so don’t hold your breath…
I’m sure that one on the right has a bend in it for structural reasons…
It's like a spring. Just think of it as suspension for your road.
Didn't even see that.
USA is like Serbia now? You should overthrown Serbian government on time, before the cancer spreads...
You would not find me underneath that loading breaking news story.
Oh jeez.
Shit's been like that since at least 2004 in Chicago, and my bet is that everyone with the power to do anything simply can't see the decline because it's so slow. It was like this 20 years ago, it's been fine for 20 years, so it's gonna be fine for another 20, right? Then let some other poor sucker of mayor raise taxes to try and pay for shit.
