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Default Undefeated- the toughest bridge...

In article ,
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On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:03:19 -0500, GuzzisRule
wrote:

On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 05:13:22 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

This train trestle have stood its ground for the last 100 years.
This fact doesn't deter some drivers from challenging the bridge about
once a month. all of them fail. All footage courtesy of 11foot8.com

http://www.prochan.com/view?p=da1_1351183858

And, I'll bet the folks with the travel trailer didn't realize the problem until they got to the
campground. Hope it didn't rain on them!


We saw a lot of steel meets aluminum and plastic. What happens when it
is steel vs steel like a big excavator?

It does make you wonder why they don't have one of those warning
trestles in front of the bridge.


Well, steel and reinforced concrete looks like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpHjjwNcrJY