[Default] On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:45:11 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]  finished
tucking into their plate of fish, chips and mushy peas. Wiping their
mouth, they swiggged the last of their cup of tea, paid the bill and
wrote::

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>In a message dated 21/10/2008 16:28:10 GMT Daylight Time,  
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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>There  used to be plates on some bridges. Are there any rules about maximum 
>loads on  accommodation ones. Modern tractors can pull very large loads - and 
>weight  quite a bit themselves. 
>
I seem to recall that many years ago, BW did a "destruction test" on a
brick bridge which was going to be demolished anyway - it actually
took a hell of a lot more than the weight limit that had been imposed
on it - something like 7 or 8 times the limit!

Brian L Dominic

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