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99.5% of the time the Bridge will NOT be up. That's what Mr. Comegys continued to preach, yet I drive into the City all the time and I can assure you, 30% of the time I drive in their, this Bridge has been up.
So here's what I'm going to ask Folks to do. Whenever YOU are traveling through the Downtown area and you see the Bridge up, send us a photo of it and we'll Post it. Perhaps then Bubba will come to understand that his impression of the Bridge pretty much never rising again was a complete boat load of crap!
I know for a fact there is at least six grain barges a week if not more.also with the condos that were to be built on the corner of riverside across from the seafood rest.,it takes the barges at least five or six minutes longer because they exstended the bulk head further into the river.
ReplyDeleteThe worst thing about it is that this picture was probably taken at around 1:00 in the afternoon. Who are these insane barge captains that insist on bringing this crap through at times when traffic through the downtown area is at its highest.
ReplyDeleteyou really need to put a log in your car and every time that you pass the bridge, you mark the time and whether it is open or closed. Anything else, you are just guessing and using your "gut". (You need to mark when it is both up and down. not just take pictures of when it is up.)
ReplyDeleteMaybe your schedule is the same as the bridge schedule which gives you a higher chance to seeing the bridge up than others.
I believe the point here is, Bubba claimed the bridge wouldn't be up 99.5% of the time. I have also heard Chief See & Gordy make that very same statement.
ReplyDeleteWhat the city needs to do is convince the state to build an elevated bridge over that prong. Doing away with the drawbridge and closing boat traffic would be disasterous to the businesses and the future of the prong. I prefer to see them keep the drawbridge or build an elevated bridge over the water.
ReplyDeleteAt 9:15 this morning the Draw Bridge on Rt. 50 just went up again.
ReplyDeleteWas the barge going through at 9:15 loaded with gray stone? If it is it came in river (up?) prior to dark last night when traffic is much lighter.
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"What the city needs to do is convince the state to build an elevated bridge over that prong"...... Where exactly is there room do this? You do realize that the bridge would have to be high enough to allow a tug to pass underneath. I would say it would have to be at least 40 feet in the air.....and thats a rough estimate. How about this, the city could convince the state to put in some sort of spring board contraption in that will launch cars from one side of the river to the other. Come on people! Some things just have to be dealt with. It's a pain in the a$$, but it could be worse.
ReplyDeleteThis is what Firefighters at Station 16 were greeted with at 11 PM two nights ago. The had to back up and go back around several blocks on the way to an emergency.
ReplyDeleteWhy does anyone put any credence in what Bubba says? He is a liar, as Joe has proven many times. And he exaggerates everything out of proportion when it suits him. Best to try to ignore him.
ReplyDeletemake them move the stone depot up river. that way there will be no need to go north of downtown. the barges have to come up the river at high tide. they dont have a choice in the matter.
ReplyDeleteAs the North Prong is part of a navigable waterway, I believe the clearance requiremnt is 64 feet for a standing bridge.
ReplyDeleteJet Black, I asked David See the very same thing about the bridge and an emergency. I even got a letter from Lore Chambers saying Brown St and/or Schumaker could handle it until Station 16 arrived. Helluva way to run emergency services. But hey, they got a new $10 million dollar garage on a cranberry bog, who cares about emergency services, right?
ReplyDeleteWhy should the stone yard have to relocate? The stone yard is south of the drawbridge. Perdue is on the north prong. Maybe Jimmy Perdue should shut his business down so as not to inconvenience those going no where, fast? Who cares if thousands of jobs are lost, as long as you don't have to wait. Get a grip. Learn patience. Whatever it is that you are in such a hurry to get to will be there, otherwise, take an alternate route.
Actually, Its not the tug boat captians fault.. The state of MD chose to terminate the jobs of the bridge tenders. Now you have to give AT LEAST 4 hours notice for a bridge opening. Then some from SHA hs to come..
ReplyDeleteBefore if barge came up at midnight.. The tender would also open the bridges then. Not make them wait for when its convient for the SHA.
As far as the Fire Department. When the bridges where manned. The bridge tenders would always notify the 911 center of openings. Inversly, the 911 center would contact the bridge tender to check the status of the bridges. Now, the fire department gets nothing, not notice untill they are at the bridge.
St 1 and 2 can handle it if they are alerted for the call as in bell alarms. Who handles the call when the bridge is up and only St 16 has been alerted.
ReplyDeleteAnon 9:53, ask David See or Gordo Corleone. My answer would be to bad, so sad, your house burned down or your family member died because the bridge was up.
ReplyDeleteLAWSUIT...LAWSUIT...LAWSUIT and that's all I got to say about that.
Gordo Corleone. Now THAT'S FUNNY!!!
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