Bridge over Turnpike detail starting to surface
A few details can be determined by the attached plans on file of the bridge over the Turnpike.
A single 300' span (unsupported in the middle)
15' wide deck about 20' above the roadway
designed for a max golf cart speed of 18 mph (oops!)
Towers similar to bridge at Brownwood so likely to look the same only longer.
It will be interesting to see how the bridge reacts when a large number of trucks pass under at 75 mph at the same time.
According to today's newspaper the Brownwood bridge will be set the week of 18 August.
The setting of both bridges will be interesting to watch.
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Don Wiley
GoldWingNut (a motorcycle enthusiast not a gilded fastener)
Village of Hillsborough
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Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. - Thomas Paine, 1/10/1776
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