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I wonder if this is real?

 
Posted : May 27, 2019 2:11 pm
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Obviously a grid to ground issue!

 
Posted : May 27, 2019 2:37 pm
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This photo was shown at a lecture when I was at E-school circa 1989, and oh how we all giggled. Some others were shown like a oil rig toppling. Here's the real deal (which may or may not be real).

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/misaligned-bridge-photo/

 
Posted : May 27, 2019 3:35 pm
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Posted by: Just A. Surveyor

I wonder if this is real?

Only if you believe they paint stripes on deck lanes before they complete the bridge.

 
Posted : May 27, 2019 4:31 pm
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I remember another (somewhat similar) cartoon in which a Railroad built from two directions didn't match up (well ONE rail did), because each crew was running the RIGHT (or LEFT) hand Rail.

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Here's a version of it

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Posted : May 27, 2019 4:48 pm
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One of the local railroads, very messy when the train hit that one.?ÿ

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Posted : May 28, 2019 6:05 am
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Good ol Google Earth, I see that kind of stuff far too often.

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Posted : May 28, 2019 7:36 am
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It's interesting how fooled people can get, like the painting in the OP.

 
Posted : May 28, 2019 7:45 am
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Posted by: paden cash
Posted by: Just A. Surveyor

I wonder if this is real?

Only if you believe they paint stripes on deck lanes before they complete the bridge.

Or that both sides placed the "last" pier and then figure out it didn't fit.?ÿ

 
Posted : May 28, 2019 4:27 pm
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When I was in Colorado back in 1992 attending surveying school at D.I.T. they were building the road to the then new under construction airport and I seem to recall some talk about the roads not matching up. Was told they began the roads from Denver to the airport and from the airport to Denver and where they met that there wa s significant vertical difference because of different datums.

Don't know if it was true.

?ÿ

 
Posted : May 29, 2019 3:15 am
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Concrete highways will set in place for at least 45days closed to traffic before they apply paint and delineator pads.

 
Posted : May 29, 2019 5:19 am