Who Broke The Bridge?

[buckeyefarmer]

TDOT has been going downhill for YEARS, I don't think they have anyone that knows how to mate a roadway to a bridge anymore. They just finished a "patch" on HWY 149 going to Clarksville and it's WORSE than the fault was. They do not know how to taper the asphalt of the repair into the roadbed - they left a ridge that's gotta be 5" high to bust tire belts and front end parts at 55-60 mph !!

I won't drive I-840 around Nashville because of the roadway/bridge alignments - there are dozens and dozens of bridges and they ALL were mismatched from the git-go years ago when it was built and have only gotten worse. You'd think that a state with as many MAJOR interstates as TN has and getting all that fuel tax money 24/7/365 they could do just a little better on the roads ...

They fixed some of them on 840, but they were awful.

 

[Alan W.]

What can go wrong with government involvement.

One of our highway dept engineers decided there was a problem with a bridge on my road. Actually just a 5 foot culvert rocked in then capped with concrete.
First they put up road closed signs, after a month of this and no activity the locals threw the signs in the ditch, back to normal.
The signs stayed in the ditch for another month.
The day finally came when they tore out the old bridge and started on the new one. This lasted for a day then it just sat there incomplete for a week. Then they dug it all back up because the culvert was too small. A small item but someone ya think would have checked.
Most days no one was working on it.
They were over a month in completing the replacement from actually starting.
This all created a major problem due to a long detour. But hey aint that the way government works

 

[kenmbz]

By me they kept getting floods on a road rise. So they dug up and put small rocks.
Next big rain, rocks covering road, so they put bigger rocks.
Next rain, bigger rocks covering road.
So they put in a big culvert, under ground tank and chunky cement.
That seems to have finally worked. Only 2 years to complete and more increases in rock size than just the two.
Then they had to rip up and replace the road surface due to all the construction equipment !

 

[Diggin It]

But hey aint that the way government works

No. Our county road did three large, long culverts in one day. The fourth much larger one was contracted out. That one took about a day and a half. All four were within a mile.

But this thread is about a bridge in Memphis, right?

 

[Streetcar]

Feds only take care of roads on federal property and dc

Horse crap.

They have more than enough money, they just need to stop stealing it.

If we had an honest media you'd know that.

In Federal Fuel Taxes ALONE, they raised $36 Billion (Billion, with a 'B') in 2016. Since this bridge spans two States, I would guess it's the responsibilty of the Feds. But the States raise even more money through Fuel Taxes than do the Feds

They're just simply stealing the money. And getting away with it.

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[Username Taken]

Feds only take care of roads on federal property and dc

Yes and, no

Highways Policy - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)

Highways Policy

www.artba.org

Since the early 20th century, however, the federal government has shared the cost of improvements to the core highways and bridges that are most essential to the strength and performance of the nation’s economy. Just under 1 million miles of road, or about 24.6 percent of the nation’s road mileage, is eligible to receive federal aid through the Federal-aid Highway Program—including the Interstate Highway System, the National Highway System and most other arterial and connector roads and bridges. This mileage carries 84.5 percent of total U.S. highway travel.

The 48,053-mile Interstate Highway System, initiated by Congress in 1956 and the largest public works project in history, is the backbone of the federal-aid system. Initial construction on the Interstate System is now virtually complete. The Interstate system accounts for just over 1 percent of the nation’s total road mileage, but handles 25.1 percent of the nation’s total road travel.

Beyond that, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) set in motion a framework for developing a strategic federal investment program designed to upgrade other existing highways and bridges that serve a national interest. The law directed the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to designate, in consultation with the states, a 161,800-mile “National Highway System” (NHS) to serve as the focal point for future federal highway and bridge capital investments. The NHS designation became law in November 1995. Since then, the National Highway System has been expanded to 222,743 miles.

 

[Streetcar]

The feds can share cost on many transportation projects, but only have to pay on federal property and dc.
Currently feds are paying 80 percent of cost of bike trail I am working on

 

[Username Taken]

The feds can share cost on many transportation projects, but only have to pay on federal property and dc.
Currently feds are paying 80 percent of cost of bike trail I am working on

Since the bridge connects two States, which one is responsible for repairing the bridge?

They're both waiting for free bucks from the Feds.

Somebody else asked why it was necessary to halt Barge Traffic on the River.

It's because they feel the slightest nudge might finish off the bridge. Remember the Sunshine Skyway disaster? I hated that bridge. Hated it.

 

[Alan W.]

Looks like their getting plates to repair it.

Tennessee Department of Transportation employees will head to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to pick up roughly 18,000 pounds of steel plates from Stupp Bridge Co. once the plates are completed Wednesday or Thursday, Bright said. Phase 2 will enable them to span the fracture, cutting out the fractured section and replacing it with brand new materials.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

The last thing we need is higher taxes,
The government needs spending reform.

We need 100% transparency for all government spending.

I don't object to paying for civilization.