Train OOPS!

Golfgar4 · Feb 27, 2004

Geesh! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

I'm reading about spills of plastic wrap, beer, wheat, ice cream, and all of this other good stuff. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

What do we get when a truck tips over in my town?? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Liquid Ammonia!! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

I definitely got to think about moving when I retire!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

jinman · Mar 1, 2004

Here's a photo of that bridge in Livingston before the train incident. As I mentioned. The spans are all different. Since the bridge is some 70 years old, that would mean it was built during the depression.

Thanks to my friend, Rob, and his father-in-law, Grady, for sharing this photo.

JDgreen227 · Mar 1, 2004

Really odd looking bridge, looks like it was cobbled together out of whatever materials were available for use at the time.
What is the purpose of the paved area in the lower RH corner?

jinman · Mar 1, 2004

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I believe that is rip-rap made with crushed limestone to deter erosion of the bank around the bridge. Where a bar ditch flows into a creek, it's common practice to line the area around the bank to reduce erosion.