How fast can you build a bridge?

[RobertRoche]

 

[Mayner]

Haven't had significant problems with wildfire damage to rail infrastructure but repairing/replacing road and rail bridges washed out/damaged as a result of cyclones and very heavy rainfall has become an on going issue in recent years. 

Interestingly substantial concrete piers on piled foundations were washed away (without a trace) on two major river crossings in recent years.

 

[DJ Dangerous]

I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that the name @RobertRoche and the mention of a BRIDGE brings up very painful memories.

Booooooooooooo!

[RobertRoche]

17 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Booooooooooooo!

Sorry DJ  

[Broithe]

Cyprus has no real rivers, but a few watercourses that can get rather active after heavy rain. 

My route to school was across this one -

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Erimi,+Cyprus/@34.6580452,32.9141172,197m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x14e73016c37cafff:0xa75fddacd7c6b3bb!8m2!3d34.6818602!4d32.9202321!16s%2Fm%2F02q5vg_?entry=ttu

- it was a very substantial structure, intended to survive the frequent violent flash floods, but the whole bridge was removed one night and deposited half a mile away, by the coast.

Allegedly, a temporary dam, or two, had been formed by landslides upstream and, upon failing, these released a large surge of floodwater and boulders.

The event was actually witnessed by a chap driving towards the bridge, at about 2am, when he saw the apocalypse unfolding in the glow of his Triumph Herald's headlights, luckily from a 'safe' distance...

The theory was that the bridge immediately upstream had survived as the two waves arrived there separately, but happened to have combined by the time they reached the bridge that failed.

Luckily, the waters subsided as quick as they came and it was feasible to carefully drive over the riverbed within a few hours, but there was a temporary Bailey Bridge for a while after, whilst the reconstruction was organised.

[DJ Dangerous]

5 hours ago, RobertRoche said:

Sorry DJ  

 

I guess I should just...

Wait for it...

Build a bridge and get over it!

[LNERW1]

On 17/7/2024 at 12:21 PM, Broithe said:

Cyprus has no real rivers, but a few watercourses that can get rather active after heavy rain. 

My route to school was across this one -

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Erimi,+Cyprus/@34.6580452,32.9141172,197m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x14e73016c37cafff:0xa75fddacd7c6b3bb!8m2!3d34.6818602!4d32.9202321!16s%2Fm%2F02q5vg_?entry=ttu

- it was a very substantial structure, intended to survive the frequent violent flash floods, but the whole bridge was removed one night and deposited half a mile away, by the coast.

Allegedly, a temporary dam, or two, had been formed by landslides upstream and, upon failing, these released a large surge of floodwater and boulders.

The event was actually witnessed by a chap driving towards the bridge, at about 2am, when he saw the apocalypse unfolding in the glow of his Triumph Herald's headlights, luckily from a 'safe' distance...

The theory was that the bridge immediately upstream had survived as the two waves arrived there separately, but happened to have combined by the time they reached the bridge that failed.

Luckily, the waters subsided as quick as they came and it was feasible to carefully drive over the riverbed within a few hours, but there was a temporary Bailey Bridge for a while after, whilst the reconstruction was organised.

You grew up in Cyprus? News to me.

[Broithe]

2 hours ago, LNERW1 said:

You grew up in Cyprus? News to me.

And Malta. Three years in each.