Another bridge knocked down.

[Mace Canute]

This time a railroad trestle over Highway 16 (a very major highway) meets up with an excavator. By the looks of things, it appears the rig stopped rather abruptly which just illustrates the fact that you can never tell when you are going to need your seat belts!

A not too informative news story...

BEST OF THE WEB/PHOTOS: Lloydminster train bridge collapses | News Talk 980 CJME

and a bunch more pictures in this site...

Reader photos: Lloydminster rail bridge collapse

 

[GGB]

That is almost unbelievable-nearly defies logic to see that the bridge would be knocked off while the excavator stayed on the trailer. Wonder what the driver said while it was happening???

Obviously, the equipment was chained down with large enough tiedowns. But it still amazes me that it held.

GGB

 

[LD1]

I just dont think they are going to be able to re-use that dipperstick cylinder


Wow. Just Wow.:confused2:

I also wonder if that trailer is legal now, with the weight of that bridge?? Better break out the scales.

 

[zzvyb6]

Why don't they just start up the JD and raise the bridge back into position and drive off? Probably a repaving job gone bad with the height sign out of spec with the actual clearance height.

 

[oldnslo]

Why don't they just start up the JD and raise the bridge back into position and drive off? Probably a repaving job gone bad with the height sign out of spec with the actual clearance height.

I don't think that JD would lift that bridge with it's cylinder crushed..

 

[Dennis Mickle]

That is almost unbelievable-nearly defies logic to see that the bridge would be knocked off while the excavator stayed on the trailer. Wonder what the driver said while it was happening???

Obviously, the equipment was chained down with large enough tiedowns. But it still amazes me that it held.

GGB

The driver said to his buddy "hold my beer and watch this".

 

[LD1]

The driver said to his buddy "hold my beer and watch this".

:laughing::laughing:

 

[jinman]

It looks like the excavator was being hauled with the boom retracted to full height. The trailer is likely not log enough to put the dipper out and drop the boom, but it certainly looks long enough to bring the dipper back and drop the boom quite a bit. Removing the bucket would let the boom drop even more. All good 20-20 hindsight issues. . .

I would say it's lucky it was an unoccupied railroad bridge instead of a auto bridge, but even more lucky that there were no cars near the truck while travelling in the same direction. It also looks like the towing truck was undamaged.

 

[Dutch445]

wow,
quite a testament to that boom, i would have thought it
would have folded over backwards completely but never
thought it could have moved that bridge span.

wonder how fast the truck was going?

 

[grsthegreat]

It looks like someone forgot to bolt down the bridge in the first place :laughing: