Looking at google maps the railway section may have been gone before the
barge strike. Zoom in on the area and go to photo mode.
Dwayne
KB5YTA
On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM David Morefield via BVARC
wrote:
> Never discount the ability for human error to prove you wrong, right?
>
> I went to s
Never discount the ability for human error to prove you wrong, right? I went to school at Texas A&M @ Galveston (TAMUG) my freshman year, so I am intimately familiar with that bridge. I am surprised it hasn’t fallen down on its own at this point. On campus, I was a member of the Emergency Care Team
I've seen an aerial of the damage and the old rail line deck fell on the barge. None of the deck of the roadway portion was damaged. Though not sure about the supports for the roadway deck.73MarkK5MGJOn May 15, 2024, at 3:34 PM, JP Pritchard via BVARC wrote:
A barge smashed into the Peli
And weeks ago, officials said on the news it would never happen in Houston
because they have protocols in place.
> On May 15, 2024, at 2:33 PM, JP Pritchard via BVARC wrote:
>
> A barge smashed into the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas, on
> Wednesday morning, causing a section of th
A barge smashed into the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday morning, causing a section of the bridge to fall onto the barge, Fox 7 Austin reports.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/pelican-island-bridge-galveston-struck-barge-causing-portion-collapse-officials
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