I’m down with it.Quote:
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I’m down with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
X2. yeah its pretty I guess, its a road not a museum.
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https://youtu.be/6_Vh20RTJOAQuote:
Originally Posted by Bunion 2020
2 words that shouldn’t be together. “Historic” and “bridge”
Hey let’s impede travel and commerce because some jackasses in the 1800’s thought it’d be cool to put a barn on top of a bridge.
Thems fighting words. How about a better idea? How about the jackasses learn to read signs. You have the same issue with low underpasses? Because there's a lot more of those around, and jackasses can't read those signs eitherQuote:
Originally Posted by AK47bp
For the record, those old bridges were made of wood and the roof over it made the bridge last longer. Plus they are really cool looking. I love covered bridges. I grew up in the land of covered bridges. Obviously you aren't from around here.
I will die on this hill.
So trucks need to take the long way around because the local folk think the covered bridges look purdy?
Your Dunkin Donuts cost more due to increased gas from longer routes and increased insurance premiums from bridge damage.
Norman Rockwell can eat a dick.
yeah man, preach that truth! :fight:
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, good!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunion 2020
Here for the covered bridge wars.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser4
This thread is getting a little hot. Maybe we can change the theme to terrified flatlanders (or monster RVs) that creep along narrow, twisty mountain roads at single digit mph and bypass turnouts with a long line of vehicles strung out behind them?
I relate to that a little better than these freeway/neighborhood incidents.
I don't like Dunkin. Using your logic, should we blast the rocks on VT 108 so that trucks won't get stuck? And make it less steep so it can be used year round?Quote:
Originally Posted by AK47bp
I’d need a proper summer or fall picture to be sure, but it’s not exactly a treasure that is stopping the flow of commerce in this particular instance. Some covered bridges are really pretty and scenic and live on quiet country roads. Sure keep ‘em. This here? Pffft. If this is the prettiest thing on your commute I’m sorry.
All of you covered bridge haters can GTFO.
There is no reason that larger truck need to go through this bridge other than complete laziness. The truck route through town is MAYBE a 1/3 of a mile longer. See map below (bridge location circled in blue).
One of the major reasons this bridge hasn't been "replaced" is that it does actually serve as a throttle for large truck traffic through the small Lyndon Center village. The road that the bridge is on passes through a high school campus that has lots of kids crossing the road all day long (high school location circled in yellow). I don't want my kids having to dodge Quebec log trucks that stop for nothing as they barrel through town. Additionally, the road is relatively narrow compared to the US Route 5 truck route.
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The end facades are not structural, but they are there to try to make trucks think twice before they do this to actual supports within the the bridge:
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The driver that caused that damage decided to hug one side of the bridge and caused enough damage that the bridge was closed for 4 months. That truck drove through and kept going with pieces of the bridge hanging from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MUEwdXAN4M
To keep this thread on track to some extent, here is an actual road rage event caught on the camera that covers the bridge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyJFouDtggc&t=26s
This plague of ornamental infrastructure that festoons the Northeast is a bunch of grotesque nonsense.
A bridge shut down for 4 months? Christ Almighty, who pays for this? The taxpayers, and not to mention the inconvenience of having to change your route to get places. Raise or remove the fucking things.These aren’t some archeological treasures, they’re 100 year old logs stacked over a road to be used as backdrop when the downstaters arrive in their luxury SUV’s to watch your stupid leaves change color. “Braxton, Brooklyn, Grayson!!! Put down the iPads and look at the God dam leaves!!!”
Comparing a covered bridge to an overpass or tunnel or boulders along the road doesn’t work. That shit isn’t there to look pretty, if the highway overpass is ornamental, it can fuck right off!!
Here's a live look at AK's apartment...Quote:
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Any item that might add some sort of personalization or sense of place is not allowed as such things are an unnecessary "grotesque" display of indulgence. So boring.
Shockingly accurate.Quote:
Originally Posted by From_the_NEK
I also love, love, love my historical garbage disposal, you should see it. I have it reconditioned annually for only $300. Every now and then it shoots shards of metal into my eyeball but she purrs like a kitten. You don’t get that anymore with these fancy new efficient InSinkErators.
Something to be said for that level of simplicity.Quote:
Originally Posted by From_the_NEK
:D
Make khrushchevka great again.
Show is on the doll where the bridge touched you.
Rage point - If you're gonna turn fucking do it. Don't signal, slow down, slow down some more then crawl around a wide open turn making everyone behind you nearly come to a stop in a 55mph zone. If it's your driveway you should know the best line into it that you don't have to stop traffic so you can get into a 30 foot wide entrance.
Just fucking do it and get the fuck out of the way.
Rage point.. If you're going to turn.. put on your god damned blinker so we know that's why you are slowing down and we're good to pull out from where you're turning in to.. Otherwise we gotta sit here wondering if you're gonna speed up again and NOT turn..
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Originally Posted by From_the_NEK
How many times can you restore a bridge before it’s not the same bridge?
God dam man that’s the Ol Millers Run bridge from 1878, before cars. Have some respect, that piece of shit is beautiful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Are you ok in other places without covered bridges where they have designated truck routes and the trucks can't use certain roads? Or must every road be designed for every truck? There's no difference between a bridge not rated above a certain weight and a bridge not rated above a certain height.
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8mph for 10 miles past a couple turnouts and a few side roads.
Yeah. Restored 1995Quote:
Originally Posted by AK47bp
Whoooosh
You missed the joke.
And for all you covered bridge haters fuck off.
They’re actually pretty cool.
And they don’t need to be shoveled.
They are not cool. The only covered bridge that should be allowed are tunnels.Quote:
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-signed Professional Civil Engineer
What makes them cool?Quote:
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The shade, obviously.Quote:
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They’re bridges. With roofs.Quote:
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That’s not cool enough?
PS. 1878 bridge. Wtf? That’s old school cool.
Clearly the covered bridge haters aren't from around here. If you live someplace without them great. Please stay there
You can’t silence us.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser4
Yes, I actually LOL’ed.Quote:
Originally Posted by BCMtnHound
More like a guffaw or a chortle.
Well played.
There oughtta be a law.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
104 is still 2 lanes once you get east of sodus. Salt rd in webster? Lived in Canandaigua for a while so I got pretty familiar with the Rochester sreaQuote:
Originally Posted by Cisco Kid
To be fair, that rig can barely hit 10 mph on a mild hill, so…..Quote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
So, kid of a friend cut some guy off, almost caused an accident. The guy followed him and caught up to him in a fast food parking lot and approached his car. The kid told him to fuck off and flashed him the bird…. Turns out the guy was an exec at the company the kid (no longer) works at.
They're both lucky they didn't get shot. Driving like an asshole and confronting someone who's driving like an asshole are both bad for your life expectancy these days. Maybe getting fired will teach that kid to keep his cool in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
Kid just wasn’t paying attention. Didn’t do it on purpose.
I left all the color out just to gauge reactions, because I’m still working out how to feel about it.
Im more concerned that an exec would follow a kid and confront his ass. When you hit exec level you need to have some fucking thick skin. Everyone fucking hates you, even the ones that smile at you and say nice things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen