Thread: Canada cut in half

Only in Canada eh. There is no east west road link anymore since the new bridge failed at Nipigon Ontario. That's right, there is only one east west road through our part of Ontario. The only alternate road route would be through the US. Got to love it.

Northern Ontario bridge fails in cold, severing Trans-Canada Highway

Bob

One would have thought that engineers would have taken the extreme cold into account when designing the bridge. Obviously not.

Woke up to the news that Bowie had died and my country was cut in half.

Welcome to Monday...

You left the west with a very big half.

Wow, isn't that what the expansion joint is for? The Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges seem to hold up.

I'm assuming there was some other factors at play as well. I frequently use the Tacoma Narrows bridge that tore itself apart in 1940 due to it establishing a resonance with the wind ( very windy area). Long story short the bridge started to ripple and tore itself apart.

Good video here:

Wow!

What a mess that'll be.

Bad news for Canada! I am saddened by that news!
Here is another of engineering's wonder's near my home.
35W bridge collapse:
http://www.startribune.com/13-second...apse/12166286/

Engineering friends had been warned not to get on the bridge during heavy traffic. The rivet plates were too thin.
CAD design systems are not smarter than the dumbest user!

~Richard

Well, there always was a movement for North Western Ontario to separate from Ontario and join Manitoba so maybe now we actually have to ask Manitoba if they'll have us.

All kidding aside, the volume of goods travelling by truck is staggering. A trucker stuck on the eastern side of the bridge will have to back track 7 hours to Sault Saint Marie to access a US border crossing and that is if they qualify to cross. The truckers on the western side of the bridge will have to back track 2 hours through Thunder Bay then south to the Pigeon River border crossing. That is a small border crossing and would have trouble handling the volume even if the truckers were qualified to cross. If the bridge is down for any extended period of time the problem goes from big to enormous in zero flat. FYI the section of the Trans Canada that is severed is on a 700 mile stretch that is 95% 2 lane highway from the Soo to the Manitoba Border.

No high winds the day it broke, just routine -25C or so winter temps.

Bob

Originally Posted by Cangooner

Woke up to the news that Bowie had died and my country was cut in half.

Welcome to Monday...

Bowie is dead? That's fairly rubbish.