"basskisser" wrote in message
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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Damn! It is a concrete bridge. Shame on the locals and the state for
letting it get in such deplorable condition that the wake from a 21'
boat
would cause it to come down.

Who said that a wake from a 21' boat was going to "make it come down"?
From that statement, I take it you don't understand a thing about
concrete (HOW much does it weigh?) or you'd certainly know that it is
a HUGE problem. Not on just this bridge, but all over. They just
completed a few billion dollar rehab on the bridge over Lake
Ponchetrain in La. because the piers were eroding, and not just in the
ship channel, just the wave action will do it over time.

From 99% of your posts, you prove you do not know ****! Sure, wear and tear
from the water eroding the concrete causes problems. Even bigger problem
you do not seem to understand is the rebar rusts and expands and breaks the
concrete. Normal wear and tear. But the USCG and the locals going for a
$27,000 fine for causing a wake? IT IS THE BRIDGE OWNERS RESPONSIBILITY TO
MAINTAIN THE BRIDGE! They have used the revenues from the bridge for non
bridge items. No reserve to fix the bridge. Bridge is unsafe for boats.
Boaters should sue the local bridge district. If a boater gets a $27,000
fine, would be cheaper to sue the bridge owners than paying the fine. Just
like the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Toll $2. maintenance costs for bridge
less than 25 cents per car. Local politicians want an election to raise the
toll some more for mass transit, etc. Screw the minority who has to travel
over the bridge. They get outvoted.