What was this truck driver thinking?
Evidently the bridge will be removed, and replaced starting with in the next week. The bridge will be removed, and a replacement will be built using the existing abutments. http://mypulsenews.com/two-mile-bridge-replacement-to-begin-...
Please don't say that. I hate to lose a bridge as much as the next guy, but let us not wish death on people.
It's a shame the driver was not killed... That would have been karma.
Well, this site is becoming a reference for the media:
http://5newsonline.com/2016/01/08/near-100-year-old-polk-cou...
There are also additional pictures of the destruction.
Just horrible !! It one thing for nature to take it out, it's another for a person to do it!! Heartbreaking !
From Ink, Arkansas Facebook page:
"The weight limit posted on the bridge is 6 tons. Estimated weight of the truck with trailer and skidder exceeded this amount by at least 20,000 lbs."
I wonder if they will do an autopsy before scrapping it. Photos of the parts that failed might be interesting.
(From Ink, Arkansas Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Ink-Arkansas-1568006580119381/)
Earlier today a truck hauling a skidder attempted to cross the iron bridge on Polk 37, old hwy 375 behind CMA headquarters, causing it to collapse.
Photo credits: Keith Rose, Lance Gaston
I visited this bridge on 13 February 2011 and noted survey markers and road construction signs in the vicinity. Looks like this bridge may be in its final days.
Christopher,
Your first mistake is to think there was thought involved :^)
Regards,
Art S.