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Default excavator through the bridge over the free way, what happened?

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:54:51 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Mar 22, 2:52 am, Stealth Pilot
wrote:
on the 14 feb 2006 someone posted shots of a tracked excavator sitting
atop a low loader zipping along at freeway speeds that had the arm
come up and spear through an overhead concrete road bridge.

(it really was that long ago)

does anyone know what eventuated out of the accident?

was the bridge repaired in situ or was the span demolished and
replaced?
what happened to the company that owned the excavator?

these photos resurfaced in an email recently and it piqued my
interest.
I've always wondered what the consequential happenings were regarding
that accident.

thanks
Stealth Pilot


That also happened here in Hawaii. Damaged a pedestrian bridge. It was
replaced.
Karl

Had one here last fall where one pre-stressed beam out of eight was
damaged, one lane of the overpass (four lanes over four lanes) has
been closed all winter. It will be interesting to see how they go
about replacing an interior beam.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada