Submitted By: Cliff H
Favorite Comment: Fixer Gargomon says, “Q. What did the crate say to the bridge?
A. Freeze! This is a hold up!”
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now what would be really epic
is if they rented the crates out to hobos
just sayin =P
WHAT.
OMG! The things to do to Save on the budget.
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Cielos como se les ocurre poner contenedores de esa forma! Me huele a que se les ocurrió eso para ahorrar costos.
I REALLY think this is in UT. On I-15 just north of Salt Lake City…….
lols..naw man..this is in texarkana, Tx..yes..i know..it doesn’t help the whole redneck saying about texas..lol
that does look scary. but what you dont see is the support beams inside that disperses the weight out and down thru the rest of it to the ground. it makes it alot safer than it looks.
I would have sworn this photo had to be taken in a developing nation, until I saw the One Way sign and realized this is actually in the US.
I just saw this yesterday and wondered if I was the only one who did a double-take at such use of crates! It is on the West side of the I-15 widening project in Davis county.
Can’t really tell in the photo, but aren’t those red things rebar that has been welded into place before they pore prestressed concrete?
nope..they are just as they look..metal shipping creates..lol
FedEx. Supporting your future!
The containers are filled with cinder blocks. This saves the construction workers the hassle of stacking the blocks individually.
@Evan The U.S. is a developing nation. And we’re #1 at developing! Woot!
Actually it looks exactly like the project going on with loop 151 and I30 in Texarkana, TX. Even looks like the Orr auto complex and car wash across the interstate.
What, this idea worked with my Lego set just fine.
Q. What did the crate say to the bridge?
A. Freeze! This is a hold up!
That actually doesn’t seem all that bad to me.
Shipping containers like those are hella strong. And they’re not supporting the whole weight of the bridge, they’re clearly temporary supports while they build the concrete beams underneath them. Afterwards, they remove the jacks and slide the containers out. No problem. Then they construct the rest of the bridge.
This is perfectly safe. I do it with my kid’s toy train all the time. Lower stakes, of course.
@Jack Russell
This isn’t in North Salt Lake, but they are using the same method there. They also did this for the I-80 bridge they built last year. This is actually a legitimate new technique used to construct the bridge without shutting down the freeway.
thumbed up for the title
Utah for the win!
I think this is in Texarkana on I-30
The US imports much more than it exports so there’s a local surplus of containers. Good to see the extras put to use.
Go out in the real world and look around. Those shipping containers aren’t supporting anything. They are for storage. Since the US is importing far more than we import, these containers are available for below cost in some places. Construction companies/crews used to use old semi trailers for tool storage, but cargo shipping containers are more secure, and very weather resistant.
Do you all think those expensive generators hang from the cranes at night because the foreman told someone to raise the power?
http://www.npsa-us.org/index.php?s=25
scroll down to the bottom……
They are shipping crates and they are temporary supports. Overpasses are often assembled near the installation site out of traffic so that the work can be done with minimum road closures. Once completed, they shut down the road and move the the new overpass into place over a single weekend. It’s a remarkable method. (jamesjohannssennIII’s link has some pics of them in transit)
When we saw this in Salt Lake City, Ut. everyone in the car took a second look, and thought, yikes!!
This is Texarkana @ I-30, my brother and I took this picture, he posted it. Keep in mind there is only one concrete support beam that is located between the shipping crates, the other beams you see are for another section of bridge on the other side of the highway.
A similar technique was featured on an episode of World’s Toughest Fixes.
Looks like all the major intersections in Austin. Only there’s no hope for completion!
They might be doing the same thing on I-15, but this indeed the I-30 project in Texarkana, Texas. This is the new interchange between I-30 and U.S.-59 (Loop 151).
I didn’t take the pic or submit it, but I can tell by the car dealership on the opposite side that this was taken from the Best Buy parking lot, looking south.
Wow, I can’t believe Texarkana made it on here. I’m from Texarkana and I know what you mean, I would be scared to go over that bridge if they are having to support it with storage boxes at this stage of the game!!! WOW!
It’s not an umcommon technique,esp when there is limited scope for closing the bridge. Something very similar is happening here in England on a light railway I do consulting for, where they are rebuilding an overhead railway interesection.
Yeah, this is in Texarkana.
And while the crates are almost certainly temporary (there’s a sliver of doubt in my mind that simply will not be overcome), when I first saw that, it seemed very much a TIFI solution.
@ D’oh
Those aren’t generators, they are welders. They do that to keep them from being stolen. If they don’t, they will disappear.
Oh, and I also live in Utah, and drive a semi, so I see those alot. It’s real cool to see the bridge move in action.
@Kelton Baker
this is in texarkana tx
I can confirm that this is in my hometown of Texarkana TX. Good one Cliff.
Well – I see orr auto == they must’ve been sitting in On the border parking lot!
I don’t think this is I-15. It seems like the one in SLC has no permanent support structures, and is going to be rotated into place later.
It’s good to see other fellow Texarkana folks on here. Does being posted to TIFI count as being put on the map?
This is legitimate construction technique – we’ve learned about in my engineering classes. As others have mentioned, those containers are heavy-duty. They have to be stacked many layers deep in cargo ships from China, meaning the bottoms ones have to support considerably more weight than a few I-beams. I’ll spare you the calculation to prove my point
The project from your link is the exact one we learned about – from representatives of the actual company that built that bridge!
@james johannssenn III
Being a trucker, I can tell you that each container can weigh about 68,000 lbs. gross.
Having lived near the Port of Long Beach in California, I have seen those stacked on container ships 6 to 10 containers high, depending on weight.
That means the BOTTOM container is supporting approximately anywhere from 408,000 to 680,000 lbs.
They are EXTREMELY strong.
We passed this a few days ago.
THIS IS FROM TEXARKANA, TX 75501 I-30/LOOP 245N CONSTRUCTION
@zach
I agree it looks like classic behind it.
This is actually how they stabilize the new bridges in the making. We have had this going on in Utah for a couple of year. They use the crates to get just the right angle while they build the bridge on top. The coolest part is when they then move the new bridge into position.
yeah i would hate to see this and have to drive over this…..needless to say i would try to find an alternate route…
Those are not crates! Those are 18 wheeler truck beds more than capable of being temporary support beams.
@Doober
I drive past this on my way home from school. I was sure it was Texarcana. lol. But I never thought “That looks unsafe.” I figure when they are building a bridge like that they know what they are doing.
@Jack Russell
no it in Texarkana Texas about a mile from my house !!!
this is in Texarkana Texas drive by it every day.
Adept for failblog…
This is not the same one in Utah. Although, there is one that is similar. Utah’s does not have any concrete supports yet!
@Dawn
its temporory to build a new bridge.. that they will move into place once ready.. they done this on i-80 in utah and now they are doing it on i-15 in north salt lake.. no you dont drive on it.. they use the crates to build the bridge together then move it into its new home.
Go Texarkana!
Texarkana FTW lolz
My apologies, I was wrong, this isn’t Utah ( I double-checked) Texarkana wins.
Using shipping containers is a great idea. A renowned architect designed a museum built from them– http://www.lstudio.com/shigeru-ban.html
SO thats were the rest of the steel to build the brigde is.
that is no where near safe