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[dragoneggs]

Is that a drawbridge section just below the bulge? I guess I am not getting how the bulge does anything for boat traffic. Or for any other purpose for that matter. Doesn't make sense from what I see.

I realize we are going off topic but it is not a draw bridge. A piece of the floating span in front of the bulge slides into the water area in the middle opening up a gap in the bridge. You can see the boat lane borders on either side of the bridge where the gap would be.

A clever design but was not a safe one especially in bad weather.

 

[dstig1]

Got it. Makes sense now.

Off topic?!?!?! This is TBN!:laughing:

 

[Rock knocker]

The 'bulge' is long gone now but unfortunately a very good friend of mine was seriously injured and never the same after getting into a bad head-on collision because of the bulge. This happened because the bridge also had reversible lanes. Meaning that during rush hour, one lane would change flow direction and there would be three going one way and one the other direction. This meant cars would have to go around a 'blind' curve on the same side of the bulge as oncoming traffic at 50mph. For some reason, I was not in the car that day as we commuted into Seattle together regularly then. I still shake and hang my head over that day almost 40 years ago.

I drove over 520 about an hour before its opening span opened without warning and killed a woman and injured several others

Woman Killed as Seattle Span Opens Accidentally - NYTimes.com

I guess the new 520 will have no drawspan and limit ships and barges to seventy feet or less

 

[Rock knocker]

Using the I-90 bulge when the reversable lanes were in operation was a frightening experience.

 

[dragoneggs]

I drove over 520 about an hour before its opening span opened without warning and killed a woman and injured several others Woman Killed as Seattle Span Opens Accidentally - NYTimes.com I guess the new 520 will have no drawspan and limit ships and barges to seventy feet or less

I was ahead of you but not by much!

 

[dragoneggs]

Using the I-90 bulge when the reversable lanes were in operation was a frightening experience.

A bit like formula one but folks going the opposite direction too.

 

[Shield Arc]

I was changing anchor wires on the east end of Hood Canal bridge when one of the Trident Nuclear subs went through the bridge. I was amazed how big they are:shocked:! One of my son-n-laws is a rigging foreman at the sub base, he moves the subs around all the time. But never talks about details. dragoneggs don't you live above Hood Canal? You must get to see the subs all the time?

 

[dragoneggs]

I was changing anchor wires on the east end of Hood Canal bridge when one of the Trident Nuclear subs went through the bridge. I was amazed how big they are:shocked:! One of my son-n-laws is a rigging foreman at the sub base, he moves the subs around all the time. But never talks about details. dragoneggs don't you live above Hood Canal? You must get to see the subs all the time?

Yes I do... I watch them do sea trials from my deck. Usually quite a flotilla of military boats and test barges that accompany them. They are so much bigger than I imagined. Here is a pic... I think they were watching me watching them.

 

[dragoneggs]

Yes I do... I watch them do sea trials from my deck. Usually quite a flotilla of military boats and test barges that accompany them. They are so much bigger than I imagined. Here is a pic... I think they were watching me watching them.

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Here is a better one... you can scale this based on the 40ft containers on the barges. Higher res picture here. Evening shot... notice the lights on the support vessels. What I also found interesting is there are many more masts on this one.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Here is a better one... you can scale this based on the 40ft containers on the barges. Higher res picture here. Evening shot... notice the lights on the support vessels. What I also found interesting is there are many more masts on this one.

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Wow they are pretty big. That might be why they closed the Sugar Grove Navy Base in WV. It was rumored to be a secret sub base, and to have a tunnel for the subs to get there. The tunnel would be almost 250 mi long to get to the Norfolk navy base. Offically it was a comunitions base. :laughing: Ed