Montreal Overpass Collapses

"Investigators are not sure what caused the collapse. Transport Quebec said work on the overpass had been underway for the past six months. CBC reporter Valerie Lesage, who was travelling on Highway 15 when a section of the overpass caved in, said she was almost hit.
"Plywood sheets fell first," she said. "Two seconds later, the concrete slabs started falling like dominoes."



http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/?/news/2000/06/18/viaduct000618
 
I mean really......

Esco! said:
An overpass in Laval, Que., collapsed on Saturday, injuring five people and leaving at least three vehicles under a massive slab of concrete.
2 People may be dead

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/09/30/overpass-collapse.html

How the heck can an overpass just collapse like that???!!!!!!!! :confused:
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We're talking Quebec. They build Olympic statiums with rented cranes that after four years the rental had excided the purchase price 3 fold. Roofs collape. Sides of the buildings fall off.

A candidate for the liberal leadership party was fine $20,000.00 for buying memberships. This was yesterday.

Need I say more.

Viva La Quebec Libre!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
As much as I dislike quebec and wish they would go away i don't think this thread should take on political overtones as innocent people were hurt and possibly killed.
 
I mean really......

Esco! said:
An overpass in Laval, Que., collapsed on Saturday, injuring five people and leaving at least three vehicles under a massive slab of concrete.
2 People may be dead

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/09/30/overpass-collapse.html

How the heck can an overpass just collapse like that???!!!!!!!! :confused:
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We're talking Quebec. They build Olympic statiums with rented cranes that after four years the rental had excided the purchase price 3 fold. Roofs come off and sides of buildings fall off.

A candidate for the liberal leadership party was fine $20,000.00 for buying memberships.

Need I say more.

Viva La Quebec Libre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
roads are rough in detroit- even or especially the interstates, but they are in BAD condition in montreal... you actually have to avoid erosion holes and busted curbs sitting in the middle of roads in montreal...
 
I would like to know if any of the engineers that desingned that overpass in Laval have desingned anything in Toronto?

I could just see that happening here, and we all know that the government of Canada would give design tenders for Toronto highways to Quebec firms. Especially thirty years ago.
 
I would be more concerned as the the cazuse of this collapse. Untill that is know, investigating other bridges would be a waste of cash.
 
I can't tell from the article, but it would appear that the segment of bridge that fell was NOT under construction.

15 metres is a hell of a drop.

I can assure you that in the heavy civil engineering world, the problem is one of simply not enough money to fix everything out there that needs to be fixed. Our society has lost sight of what is important. You have morons like Taliban Jack Layton running around telling us that we aren't spending enough money on the poor and homeless (read lazy) and you have bridges and water systems stretched way beyond the max.

Here's something for you to think about:

In the city of Toronto, the annual homeless budget is 220 million dollars.

The annual bridge maintenance budget is about 55 million dollars.

Is it just me, or is that backwards.

The inmates are in charge of the asylum, trust me.
 
papasmerf said:
I would be more concerned as the the cazuse of this collapse. Untill that is know, investigating other bridges would be a waste of cash.
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Easy for you to say, you live in a city that wouldn't allow Quebec engineer's to design your road ways in order for the country to stay united, now do you?
 
In Que, same thing happened 6 yrs ago. Construction company skim $$$, cut corners. Same thing this time, no steel rods in concrete to stay in place.

Mtl roads are really bad after last winter, potholes nearly took my frontend off. Philly & Detroit can be bad but improved since.
 
See how badly the cars were crushed? They weren't even knee high! The bodies were so badly crushed, DNA was used to ID'em.

Just trying to imagine being in a car as a billion tonnes of concrete comes crashing on top of you... yikes.

RIP
 
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