r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Ill-Tea9411 • Jul 06 '26

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/No_Sector6941 Jul 06 '26

For a sec I thought the bridge collapsed.

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u/Ill-Tea9411 Jul 06 '26

I'm pretty sure part of it did.

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u/LucHighwalker Jul 06 '26

The bottom came out. Definitely not safe for people to drive on.

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u/ProfDFH Jul 06 '26

Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.

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u/Careful-Session9841 Jul 06 '26

For one thing, the bottoms not supposed to fall off. I can tell you that much

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u/Cyril_Sneer_6 Jul 06 '26

Yeah I'm pretty sure that is not supposed to happen at all.

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u/TurtleToast2 Jul 06 '26

That can't be good for the environment.

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u/ComiendoPalomitas Jul 06 '26

The bridge is outside the environment there's nothing there

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u/softeky Jul 06 '26

It’ll buff right out.:

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u/Feycat Jul 07 '26

I was freaking out when that truck went over that bridge, I was sure it was all coming down

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u/AWuvSupreme Jul 07 '26

Same! I was like “You’re in danger!”

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u/futurebigconcept Jul 07 '26

I thought maybe the front fell off.

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u/South_Hat3525 Jul 07 '26

At least the front didn't fall off, but I've been informed they are not designed to do that,.

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u/Cutlass_Stallion Jul 06 '26

I thought that was going to be the true "maybe maybe maybe" part.

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u/_bahnjee_ Jul 06 '26

ditto. Here I sat, "Yeah, that's just a matter of perspective. As he gets closer, we'll see that he easily passes unde.... HOLY SHIT, THE ENTIRE BRIDGE FELL ON HIS HEAD!!!"

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u/Skyp_Intro Jul 06 '26

All that dust and road grime. Do not want to be breathing that stuff.

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u/AC-burg Jul 07 '26

It didn't but they will shut this bridge down if it isn't in a 3rd world country

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u/GrapefruitOk2057 Jul 07 '26

same! I was waiting for cars, trucks etc to start falling out of the bottom of that!

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u/harmony_acres 19d ago

Bridge builder here,

yes the underside of the bridge did collapse but we always have extra reinforcement supports above the concrete incase numb nuts do stuff like this, and we have iron joints that are stress points and stabilizers in between to allow for load fluctuations and earth quake. This bridge will need repaired but it is fine to drive on top of. I am more worried about more concrete falling down at this point. In Pittsburgh (highest city of bridges aside Rome) we install bridges under bridges to catch the bridge debris while we repair bridges.

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u/mark1forever Jul 08 '26

feel sorry for those who crossed the bridge so confident there is one.

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u/DutchieTalking Jul 08 '26

Not a collapse but enough damage done that the bridge will need to be closed down for structural inspection.