Off Topic Ouse Bridge/M62…..again….

It seems ominous that there is no time scale mentioned. You’d expect some reassurances.

 

Though until they have an initial inspection, they won't know of the problem is deeper and substantial or more superficial / straightforward and the cover over the joint that has failed

 

It'd have been cheaper and quicker to rebuild the ****er.

 

Good point…well made.

 

We are not, we just have a lot of armchair civil engineers, the Ouse Bridge is an exception. Take a look at HS2 design and construction, that's actually over engineered, costly but a feet of civil engineering.

 

I drove past it on my way to work yesterday and a section of the 'interlocking fingers' bit on top of the joint had collapsed so part of it was sticking up in the air. Could probably be temporarily fixed by sticking a metal plate over.

 

The national highways picture
Looks like the metal beam/joist has somehow 'splintered'

 

It’s not just the uk mate it’s the western world. Everything is approved contractors and red tape. I live in Australia. When I started my current job 8 and a half years ago they were making upgrades to a stretch of motorway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. This included adding extra lanes over a 3km stretch and replacing an older flyover bridge across these lanes. 3 years they budgeted for this! 3 ****ing years! That seemed an astronomically large amount of time. Well…… almost 9 years later and they’re about 80% complete.

 

Yet the Chinese building 5k of motorway in two days. How the **** do they do that.

 

Population of 1.4 billion.

 

Is it the same crew doing the Castle Street underpass?

 

pity we can't get some of them on dinghies and be of some use to the country.

 

HS2 ? How much has that cost us ?

Is that your example of us doing something well ?

 

Quick, to the bat cave (it's a tunnel really but hey ho)