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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:28 AM Original message |
Champlain Bridge, linking NY and VT "so fragile that a sudden collapse could occur." |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. We've been neglecting our infrastructure for years. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. Why are we rebuilding Afghanistan when we need infrastructure? And jobs. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Lots of stimulus funds being used on roads etc. here, |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Nah. They need to rebuild the countries we're still blowing up. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. That was for future target practice. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. Great TIMING! |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Highway Trust Fund is underfunded by about 80 billion a year |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 05:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Ideally, it's paid for through progressive taxation, not an excise tax. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. The Champlain bridge opened for traffic in 1929. |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. there is no reinforcement in the concrete pillars |
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MichellesBFF (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. It WAS a great way to get to Vermont |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. There is a ferry across the lake, but.... |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. the ferry is fun but... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. If they can get more ice-capable ferries down there, that narrows is a fine place... |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. as far as I know, the only icebreaker is the one they use in Plattsburg. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. The Plattsburgh, the Evans-Wadham-Wolcott, the Grand Isle, and the Vermont... |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. another issue is.... they need to run 24 hours a day |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. On the Plattsburgh-Grand Island run, they do that anyway, just to keep the channel ice broken up. |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. i just don't see how any ferry can handle the volume of traffic that normally |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
15. Another sign of the decay in NY but we can fund the MTA with payroll tax... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. Damned socialist state. If this were private, then it would never happen. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. Shouldn't they ban heavy trucks as of NOW if a sudden collapse is possible? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The bridge has been completely closed to all traffic. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Alrighty then. Make a nice fishing pier though. |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. they said it's unsafe for any use whatsoever, it could collapse on its own |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Crap they really dodged a bullet on that one then. How many more are out there like that? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Quite a few I'm sure, but Vermont's roads and bridges are in far worse |
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