![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Back Online
Jul. 29th, 2004 07:07 pmOy. It's been a long week. I'll try and handle this with cut tags, but no guarantees.
( Act I: The Move )
( Act II: Things Fall Apart )
( Entreacte: New Music )
( Act III: Getting There )
( Act IV: Settling In )
( Epilogue: Adventures in PennDOT land )
Today was quite good. We went up into central Bucks county to check out four posted (weight restricted) bridges. One was the covered bridge that burned a month ago ($5000 bounty is out). The steel I-beams beneath the deck are fine (just need paint) and the deck itself was very recently resurfaced. In all, the areas around all four bridges was quite peaceful. Rubber waders are also quite nifty - I was standing in 6+" of water and couldn't tell. I also saw the worst I-beam I've ever seen in my life on Headquarters Road in Tinicum Twp. The flange had drifted off away from the rest of the beam for three or four feet, and there were sizeable holes all over the place. Hitting the beam with nearly anything lightly sent showers of rust down into the creek. Luckily, this was a fascia (outtermost) beam and wouldn't actually carry any traffic load. The other beams were in slightly better shape (they at least were walls, not windows), but still sent rust into the creek on impact. NDT is a myth, folks :) If you're not sure whether something is in good shape or not, give it a whack. If it holds, you're good. If it breaks, better now than later when you need it, right?
( Act I: The Move )
( Act II: Things Fall Apart )
( Entreacte: New Music )
( Act III: Getting There )
( Act IV: Settling In )
( Epilogue: Adventures in PennDOT land )
Today was quite good. We went up into central Bucks county to check out four posted (weight restricted) bridges. One was the covered bridge that burned a month ago ($5000 bounty is out). The steel I-beams beneath the deck are fine (just need paint) and the deck itself was very recently resurfaced. In all, the areas around all four bridges was quite peaceful. Rubber waders are also quite nifty - I was standing in 6+" of water and couldn't tell. I also saw the worst I-beam I've ever seen in my life on Headquarters Road in Tinicum Twp. The flange had drifted off away from the rest of the beam for three or four feet, and there were sizeable holes all over the place. Hitting the beam with nearly anything lightly sent showers of rust down into the creek. Luckily, this was a fascia (outtermost) beam and wouldn't actually carry any traffic load. The other beams were in slightly better shape (they at least were walls, not windows), but still sent rust into the creek on impact. NDT is a myth, folks :) If you're not sure whether something is in good shape or not, give it a whack. If it holds, you're good. If it breaks, better now than later when you need it, right?
