A Bridge Too Weak

[MountainDon]

  ... with apologies to Cornelius Ryan
Thanks to John (redoverfarm) for the pictures

[MountainDon]

I wonder how they got it out of there?

[sparks]

Looks like the wood pilings failed in the second pic. Was this in Minnesota?

[John_C]

About a year and a half ago I had an extended hospital stay and got to watch a TV special on house movers.  The folks they followed around put a lot of axles distributed along the length of the buildings.  This house has the two axles very close together right near the center of the building.  Almost the entire weight of the house would essentially be a point load minus a very small amount of tongue weight.  High point load @ center of span = oops!

[sparks]

If you look close in pic three, there are another set of axles laying on what used to be the bridge deck.

[Redoverfarm]

You can bet one thing that if they bought that house at a bargin it will not be much of a bargin now.  Crain fee $200 per hour.  Would anyone like to take a guess on how much it would cost to get it back on solid ground?

[sparks]

And pay for the bridge damage? Yikes!

[CWhite]

Nice place for a house.  Maybe if they just reroute the highway and sturdy up the house a bit.  Pleasant view. 
snicker....
Christina

[sparks]

I agree, might be a good trout stream.

[Redoverfarm]

But the whole idea about going fishing is to get out of the house.

[sparks]

Wouldn't have too far to walk in this scenario!

[glenn kangiser]

Could build a nice fishing basement.

[Willy]

They sorta did the same thing to me but hitting a low spot on our road with my moble home going fast. Nice part was it was insured for replacement value a $50.00 extra policy my wife took out. They destroyed my place but I got 2 1/2 times what I paid for it after living in it 9 years! I took the cash instead of a new moble and built my house I live in now. I even got the old mobil out of the deal and lived in it for 6 months till I got the house dried in. Then I sold it for $1,000.00 to a guy to get it off the place. Mark

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

I love the picture of the guys all standing there looking at it, as if that's going to get the house off the remainder of the bridge.  Funny for all of us, but probably not so funny for them.  Personally, I think it looks kind of neat, although it'd be hard to use the garage!

[Drew]

For Sale:

2 br 1 ba modular home.  2 boat garage.  Waterfront lot, on main road.  Sunken living room. 

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

 

[Redoverfarm]

Probably will make Homesick Gypsy take another look at her project in the terms of weight.

[glenn kangiser]

That's a her, project, John, but yeah -- I guess a gypsy could be generic.

She used to be here as Epiphany, but old YaBB bulletin board problems made her change her name to get back online with us.

[Redoverfarm]

My apologies.    Didn't read the sign.  I try to stay political correct or in this case able to distinguish the males from the females.

[desdawg]

It stayed pretty straight. Must be some good beams.

[glenn kangiser]

Yeah - I think it looks good there, des.

[desdawg]

Every time we start to backfill it washes away..........

[glenn kangiser]