Although drawbridge does refer to a specific type (which was the only type at the time) it is used today as a generic term for a moving bridge and the reporter correctly called it a swinging drawbridge.
Well the heat has gotten a lot worse in the last 20 years, I wouldn't doubt the old one would have experienced the same issue. Though probably would have been a lot worse if it were the same old structure considering the stress that bridge would likely be in close position. Likely they'll have to keep tabs to see if thermal expansion has damaged it, and figure out the right retrofits needed to withstand the hot weather (and likely cold weather which will likely a similar problem, but with the whole structure contracting instead)
@@GroundByte No the heat has not gotten worst. coverage has. NY does not have the hottest temp in the country. This bridge was built Alabama where its much hotter today, yesterday and the day it was built.
@@WilliamBilly-i6q Heat has gotten worse. If you don't think it has, I dare you to turn off your AC for the rest of the year. they didn't even have AC 100 years ago when the original bridge was built.
So glad President Biden finally got Infrastructure Week done! 💙Hopefully there are some infrastructure dollars still available. This is a major bridge for NYC, and even people coming down from Westchester and New Jersey. The Major Deegan is indeed Major, so hope this resolves soon. 🗽🌆🗽
You mean boomer's forgetting and neglecting and voting against upgrading critical infrastructure over the decades. But now complaining that there is an agenda when everything break down and now it cost 4x more to fix.
@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 first of all, it's not a major bridge. The GWB, the throgs neck, the Brooklyn bridge. These are major bridges. Second, how in the he'll is Biden responsible for this? I think the heat is getting to you too.
The reporter was mistaken on that part. This particular Third Avenue Bridge was installed, along with new mechanisms, in 2004 according to info I have seen.
OMG. Not a conspiracy, just sloppy research on the run. Everyone is always pushed to beat deadline and get a scoop, so too quick equals mistakes from time to time. Enough with the constant conspiracies. It's ridiculous and exhausting.
@@GregLakatosChradm Lots of people. Its wasn't that long ago and got a lot of press when it was being shipped pass New Jersey on its way here for installation. After installation, they got rid of the actual bridge that may have been 126 yrs old, who knows.
Cold water on heated metal causes warping. I definitely want to know how this ended because they will be lucky if the bridge is working properly after drenching overheated metal with cold water.
They need a cop at every intersection, to hand out tickets to every car that doesn't stop at the line and instead blocks the intersection. Give every single person who does it a ticket, I can't stand people who try and he sneaky at intersections and end up causing a mess.
No not really they're hundreds of disasters that don't never get reported on. Just like you would be shocked the number of car bombings that happened in the United States you never hear about. Play was a decision made many years ago when the news media by whoever not to report on them very much because of fear that the more you report on the car bombings the more copycats they would be nice for the bridge that that was more they don't want to report too much on that because then the dots and all that meant they get in trouble. There's a lot of crazy things and bad things that rarely get reported on so when they start recording for 5 on it it seems like wow it's starting to get bad when in reality it's always been a lot worse than what's being reported.
This isn't a major disaster lol When metal gets hot, it expands. They didn't think it would get this hot though, and so it gets stuck. It'll go back to normal when it cools down.
Yeah, that's what I thought. I was surprised to see this open at all. This vessel should have been redirected on another course. This is not the Hudson. This section of the river is not suited to larger vessels, in my opinion.
I refuse to believe pouring water on the tip of the bridge is an actual solution. The underside of the bridge can't possibly heat up enough to cause enough expansion for the interlock to fail. If anything, the latch on the land side would need to be cooled if it were hit by direct sunlight during the open. There's going to be some unrelated issue actually causing the problem when the investigation concludes -.-
CBS, could you explain the science behind how older bridge steel expands more than new bridge steel with heat? Seems this issue could happen to any steel bridge as steel expands with heat. That expansion is static and will not change over time.
Why even have a swinging bridge in NYC? Why not make it taller and make it permanent. No tall ships really travel that area anyways. Mostly small boats and circle line. We live in first rated country but live with third rated problems.
Because biden stole all the momey that was supposed to be spent on upkeeping American infrastructure its like his 1.2T dollar infrastructure accomplished nothing but big paychecks
That bridge has hardly been open so the gears are rusted to its core. They should have done open bridge drills for maintenance. Also who’s the idiot boat captain that needed to pass that route?
They actually did a similar thing in St Louis when they were putting the final piece in the gateway Arch. They had scheduled it for a particular time in the morning when the metal will be contracted to the right size but they were about two or three hours behind so they ended up using fire trucks pouring water onto the base of the legs to cool and shrink it and ultimately get the final piece in
So, about that Congestion Pricing hold: I’m thinking we can channel alternatives to keep the bridge and tunnel crowd on the work from home gravy train.
@@Atrail_Mckinley4786 the maintenance costs for the upkeep of all means of egress and entry into and around the city would disagree on a macro level. Like turning the city car free would allow vast quantities of carbon to never get generated. See Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future. ♻️
They're opened on a regular basis to keep the mechanisms functioning properly, and to determine what needs maintenance. This is like the old air raid sirens that were tested the last Friday of every month.
I'm seeing that the bridge was actually fully replaced in late 2004. I'm not sure if any more work has been done since, but it's relatively new. I know the nearby Willis Avenue Bridge which carries traffic the opposite way was replaced more recently in 2010.
Yeah since before covid, but bidens been to busy using that exuse so America is falling apart with an invisible 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill
The ”cooling“ is too much in one spot. They risk damaging the structure. They should use both boats covering both sides swiping from one side to the other. Yes, it takes long.
NYC temperatures in recent years: August 09, 2022, 97 Degrees; June 30 2021, 98 Degrees; July 18, 2012 100 Degrees - July 8, 2024 95 Degrees --- What kind of joke is this?
Is this the first ever this has happened? Or is this a common fault for the bridge that occurs every summer? -they appear to have a procedure for this. -news has been pushing the 'heat dome' thing of late, but failed to mention if this is a recurring problem or not. I therefore conclude this is a recurring fault, thus not meriting any special attention. That may be a wrong assumption on my part, but it comes out of the news agency failing to provide sufficient context for a national/international audience.
so a little bit of heat that this region gets each year and all of a sudden it's too much for it, thats not got anything to do with heat thats to do with maintenance and construction, theres steel and iron bridges older than this in mainland europe that sustain higher temperatures every summer without any issue so this is just poor maintenance
Direct evidence that rising temperatures caused by fossil fuels cause real problems in real life situations. This bridge was working fine year after year when operating within its specifications, but those specifications were written 22 years ago. It wasn't a problem before, and now it is. Conditions have changed. This current summer will be the coolest one when compared to the temperatures of the next summers to come in the future.
The heat is expanding the metal..... they have to cool it down. But.... at least noone is hurt.... just inconvenienced. When is this heatwave going to end???😮🙏🙄 Someone suggested a self-contained water cooled locking mechanism.🤔
Have we learned anything folks ? Don't run your city like the people running NYC and don't run your state like NY.. Learn from failed policies and the extreme corruption and don't let it happen where you live.
