• fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
    61·
    16 days ago

    So some facts here:

    • Commercial truck carrying gravel
    • This was a rebuilt bridge, not a historic one
    • The owner of the construction company has proactively offered to pay for repairs
    • Yes, the driver is am idiot and made a mistake, and is probably going to hear about it for the rest of their lives.
    • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
      281·
      16 days ago

      The couple that were driving the truck died, and thier house was sold to a new family, who they haunted.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      15 days ago

      Gravel? Holy shit, that’s poor judgement. How can you be comfortable driving such a big truck over a wooden bridge, then add potentially tons of gravel?

    • Facebones@reddthat.comEnglish
      11·
      15 days ago

      and is probably going to hear about it for the rest of their lives.

      As they should. They either ignored the signage and/or were oblivious to the weight they were driving around. Both major safety issues. They should have their license suspended for a bit and potentially banned from a cdl.

      This isn’t an “oopsie,” this is negligence.

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
    535·
    17 days ago

    one less wankpanzer on the road, just a shame a bridge had to be put in harms way to do so.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      17 days ago

      The term Historic is being used to grab attention, but this is fixable, even it will take until Spring. The article states that it was rebuilt in the 70’s, but the wooden deck has almost certainly been replaced a few times since then.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        16 days ago

        Historic is also there to point to why the bridge isn’t at fault. Modern bridges can often handle such weights, but historic bridges can’t. Certain parts of the country have reason (aesthetics, historical value, and tourism) to rebuild and restore their historic bridges rather than replace them with modern bridges.

        • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          16 days ago

          All bridges are built to their spec. They put Historic in the headline because it would grab attention, but the bridge isn’t as old as it seems. It’s wooden, so the boards already have to be replaced on a scheduled basis. It was rebuilt from scratch in the 70’s after an arson fire, but you can tell from the images that the deck boards the truck fell through is a lot newer. I should look up the bridge on Google maps, but I’m willing to bet that a modern bridge isn’t very far away and that’s why they can wait till spring to repair it with locally sourced wood. If it was a high necessity path, they could go to a hardware store and fix it in a week or two.

  • phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    406·
    17 days ago

    Cue car brains complaining about how their mini tanks must be supported by all infrastructure

  • watson387@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    326·
    17 days ago

    What an asshole. There’s no way they didn’t know they were overweight either. Maybe they couldn’t see the sign through all their ‘rolling coal’.

  • finley@lemm.eeEnglish
    181·
    17 days ago

    Check for a nearby gothic revival farmhouse perched on a hill. There might be a pair of new ghosts in the attic (along with a cool miniature model of the town). Beware of the weirdo family that just moved in. The daughter is cool though.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      16·
      17 days ago

      I watched the Fall Guy movie recently.

      What I remember from the TV series was the guy drove an absolutely enormous truck for no real reason at all.

      In the remake he drives a similar sized truck, but now it doesn’t stand out from anybody else’s at all. He drives. That’s it.

      It’s like seeing Chunk from The Goonies. Now he’s just a kid, rather than the fat kid.