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1 hour ago, tjm said:

I said I thought Feds would get involved because to me it looks like a hazard to transportation, it's pushing on that US Highway bridge in a direction that it's not designed for just like the container ship that took out that other bridge. I have no idea how much force is involved but it would be something like the speed of the current times the weight of the log jam.  And it has the potential to move itself on down to the railroad bridge. GRDA doesn't own the bridges and from their viewpoint the log raft is posing no problem.

Not a problem for me either, but it is interesting.

Think that would be safe to do in the 10-50(?) mph current?  The lower end is holding all of that, so would be like taking out a key that turns the rest loose to run down stream after the engineers? Toward the trestle.

 

  On the five to seven days quanitive rain forecast map this drainage is supposed to get another 3 to five more inches. 

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That kind of pressure could really jack something up.  I would not really feel safe crossing that bridge.  Doubt if the engineers ever took in account all that weight with the current pressure pushing against it.

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May be an image of grass, road and text that says 'COMING COMINGS0ON! SOON DOLLAR DOLLARGENERAL GENERAL'

"We have met the enemy and it is us",

Pogo

   If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend"

Lefty Kreh

    " Never display your knowledge, you only share it"

Lefty Kreh

         "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!"

BilletHead

    " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting"

BilletHead

  P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs"

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9 hours ago, BilletHead said:

May be an image of grass, road and text that says 'COMING COMINGS0ON! SOON DOLLAR DOLLARGENERAL GENERAL'

Prime real estate, no off ramp.

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Drove over the bridge yesterday on my way back from Tulsa. As a friend of mine said, "you have to see it to believe it"! It is a mess, no doubt about it and now they have people stopping along the sides of the bridge just to take pics. They also have closed the boat ramp down due to high water as well so you couldn't put in there if you wanted to. On a side note, the snagging on the park in Miami seems to be on fire right now with the higher water!

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Just a quick update on the log jam. Apparently some of it broke free and headed downstream, but from what I saw it only went to the side of the park where the boat launch is!  I'm not sure it has even made it to the RR trestle downstream.

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