ARDOT discusses I-40 Mississippi River Bridge closure, future repairs

[@christiansoldier1547]

My question is, If you repair the beam, what are the chances of another failure in other spots ?? So would it be more feasible to replace the bridge ???

[@marcjohnson7515]

Exactly!?!?!!

[@jeffreyhershey5754]

They can weld it back together and then weld splice plates over it and it'll last a hundred years

[@steelydan449]

The Mississippi River closing? That cannot be good.

[@pinchmesh2856]

Biden ? Democrats ? Same mentality as lumber industry, petroleum industry, and construction. Same mentality as stock market and covid response. The perfect storm would be an interest increase to curb the run away inflation. Maybe we can get China and our multi-nationals to help us ? And, don't forget... Biden is in charge of the military. And, as the economy slows, we can all go live under a bridge. Your home can be sold for taxes just like what happened during the great depression.. War is coming, and your kids can go fight and die in it. Good. Want more freebies ?? Want to not have to work ? We deserve what we get. I miss Trump.

[@zeviongray6883]

Should team up with darkpulse, and use the laser technology pinpointing weak points in structures

[@sogal4christ]

Use the old bridge 😳 I expect it to fall in the river every time I go over it geese how will it handle the traffic Another supply chain breakdown

[@fishfire_2999]

The structural integrity of our country on every level, is in need of a serious overhaul .

[@scenicvistas]

There's a nice walkway on The Harahan Bridge you can use to walk across the river now...

[@andrewj4442]

Kiewit & Traylor Bros here's a job for you! Need a new bridge not a temporary fix. Its functional life has E X P I R E D!!

[@jmbindy4u]

Is the beam steel? Where did you find that reporter? CNN?

[@nononsenseBennett]

They need to Xray the steel to determine the integrity of the rest of the structure.

[@nononsenseBennett]

They need to install a temporary ferry system to cross the river.

[@tonyeaton671]

There's no road that goes down to the river from i 40 that bride takes 50000 vehicles a day so though a ferry sounds like a good idea it wouldn't work . What they should of done back in the 80s was put a bridge on the north side of Memphis run it from 240 to 55 .

[@pinchmesh2856]

@@tonyeaton671 So, the options are: Fix the old bridge if it's worth fixing. If not, build a new one. In the meantime, ferries are slow, but better than nothing. Move closer to work, aka move across the river. Drive around if you have to. Or, you can find a job closer to home.

[@jamesremwolt9703]

People drive to fast over that bridge and most bridges the speed limit at the time the bridge was built I think was 55 mph

[@scenicvistas]

Now you can't enjoy the best thing to come out of Tennessee: I-40!!!

[@BrianLG100]

I'm possibly stuck in shitty ass west Memphis for a long time.

[@scenicvistas]

@@BrianLG100 that's not ideal... but it could be worse. What if you were stuck in Mississippi?!

[@BrianLG100]

@@scenicvistas I guess no way our then. I could still escape West Memphis. But.... I have to wait for an hour. People are coming over here using our gas, and some stations have none now.

[@scenicvistas]

@@BrianLG100 a lot of places in TN are out of gas. NC is real bad, some of GA. The gas thing will be over about Monday, the bridge? I don't think anybody knows! Good luck

[@BrianLG100]

@@scenicvistas thx, we're gonna need it.

[@melvinrichardson4501]

It;s a shame the media cannot think of an intelligent question to ask. Like when are you going to assign resources to go to work fixing the problem ??

[@OfficialSombrero]

but the republicans will say its too expensive to tackle our infrastructure. Our country literally needs the infrastructure redone and jobs. Let's just let all the other countries surpass us, and even Mexico will have better roads than us.

[@tonyeaton671]

Is that why sleepy creepy pervy uncle joe shut down key stone and approved the Russian pipe line and why his piss poor job cost Americans lives this last winter.

[@joeyconservative]

Open the Trump Bridge to just Republicans.

[@scenicvistas]

That'd be great if it only went halfway across the river!

[@arnesste000]

If I was built in 1960 that makes it six years old

[@tonyeaton671]

I think they said it was built in 73

[@davidycedo1606]

Cover up the damage dates back to 2019. Open your eyes please.

[@brucesmith5501]

The potatoe

[@graymikep64]

Fix it