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[Name Redacted]

Whoa, almost dozed off just looking at that pic

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Cool pics. So I have no clue on engineering but this is the inside of concrete pillars? And what is the purpose of them? Some bridges are just decks and then others have these going on. Is it the span in that particular spot that needs more support with the cables?

guess:
tube shapes can be stronger/more efficient than solids & potentially offer vertical access points for maintenance

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chain to truck? & drag?

[hatchgreenchile]

Marye's Heights

[Name Redacted]

Tear em down!

[hatchgreenchile]

Tear em down!

Especially this one, dem rebs whipped those yankee boys bad at Fredericksburg.

The area would look better with condos everywhere

[WTF is dat]

[dtown]

Cotton balls for miles

[Micol]

awesome pics this page !

[east or bust]

Cool pics. So I have no clue on engineering but this is the inside of concrete pillars? And what is the purpose of them? Some bridges are just decks and then others have these going on. Is it the span in that particular spot that needs more support with the cables?

Yes that's the inside one of the concrete pillars looking down from the top. For reasons unknown to me they were unable to get the engineering on the metal scaffolding approved so they build them out of wood. I don't mind heights but fuck that haha. The pillars and cable stays are located where the span and height increase to accommodate the larger ships going through the channel. Most of the bridge is constructed how you described, but if you look at the last picture you can see the piers on the old bridge are spaced extremely close together - the new bridge piers are ~400ft apart in the low lying section.

guess:
tube shapes can be stronger/more efficient than solids & potentially offer vertical access points for maintenance

This is true, and there is also a ridiculous amount of rebar in all of the CIP sections. The pier footings themselves are hollow and actually sit off the bottom of the river on piles, so you could swim under them if you had an inkling to take a dip in the Hudson. That part blew my mind a bit.

[jackstraw]

. The pier footings themselves are hollow and actually sit off the bottom of the river on piles, so you could swim under them if you had an inkling to take a dip in the Hudson. That part blew my mind a bit.

Whoa! I had to read that twice for it to sink in. Google helped with the visual and it makes a lot of sense now, but damn, still is pretty crazy.

[nutmegchoi]

[alias_rice]

Time for some desert love.

[Cruiser]

Mt Princeton

[4matic]

[nutmegchoi]

Out practicing!
How's back??

[4matic]

Back no good but try and play as easy as I can swing. No pain but nerve damage still there. They have golf boards here (Alameda).

[Vt-Freeheel]

Dog sitting this week at the dogs place.



Dog was sleeping when this young moose came by for dinner

[Mazderati]

Out practicing!
How's back??

Looks like her back is doing just fine.

[4matic]

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[shroom]

Chewela CC holdin it down. can't beat a 4 hour round.

[schindlerpiste]

[nutmegchoi]

Wedding gone wild.

[BmillsSkier]

Pretty much same here. I also feel like we discussed this in the "best job you've had" thread. It could also be filed under most fun per dollar thread, too, considering you actually made money while doing it. Although the most fun was after hours, I'd still say it comes out pretty high on the scale.

It was close to a + 10 Ogden for sure.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Nutmeg...FL right....Vero Beach?