Re: [CBQ] Re: Burlington Railroad Bridge (more)

[Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>]

At 08:18 PM 4/25/2009 -0700, Cy wrote:

>At 300' of clearence it whon't get hit by river traffic
>but could be an aircraft hazzard.

I'm assuming that the 300' is the horizontal gap, Cy.  Even the Golden Gate
Bridge out here on the Left Coast only has 220' clearance above mean high
water, and aircraft carriers can pass beneath it (if Dianne Feinsten lets
them in, that is...)  An Italian freighter hit our local Sacramento River
bridge in 1967, but as far as I know it's been uncollided since.  So 10
collisions per year is an eye-opener to me.

Randy

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