Martin Olav Sabo Pedestrian Bridge

The bridge it's self if actually pretty nice. Better that a MOB.

Oops...got all worked up and hit the enter button twice...my bad!

This waste of taxpayer money is open again--but not until they REPLACED the two biggest cables, which I'm sure did not come cheap. Well, we'll see how long it takes before the stupid thing is closed again...

This waste of taxpayer money is open again--but not until they REPLACED the two biggest cables, which I'm sure did not come cheap. Well, we'll see how long it takes before the stupid thing is closed again...

Update: 2 more cracked plates were found on the bridge yesterday.

Thankfully no one was hurt though, but this pedestrian bridge cable snafu managed to snarl the bridge traffic, an expressway and a light rail line. Talk about a triple-lutz of failure.

After the depressing demolition of Fort Steuben Bridge, I needed some news like this to cheer me up! The bridge next to the former Fort Steuben Bridge is also a cable-stayed bridge and it has deteriorated at a remarkable rate. Worse, a ways south on the Ohio River, the Pomeroy Mason Bridge's replacement cable-stayed bridge failed to earn a full 9/9 on its initial bridge inspection, conducted before the bridge was open to traffic. They don't build bridges like they used to!

Oh, the wonders of modern, quality cable-stayed engineering! Couldn't see THIS one coming a million miles away! They fritter all the design funds into attempting (and I use the word lightly!!) to make a new bridge look spectacular, but they forget to add reliability and longevity into the equation! Oh--and, this bridge is, what...barely 5 years old?? They could have rehabbed the remaining three spans of the old Broadway Street Bridge (demolished in the mid '80's) and not only would it have looked a hundred times better than this thing, that one would have easily lasted ANOTHER 100-plus years without batting an eyebar!

The topmost cable on the east side of this bridge snapped this past Sunday & the bridge is currently closed to pedestrian/bike traffic. The bridge had just been inspected in October 2011 & passed with flying colors.