Any CC’ers care to comment on this?

[Moonpie]

https://www.ccbiznews.com/news/corpus-christi-harbor-bridge-design-suspended

 

[roadkill]

It’s close to the old courthouse. Soon to have two dilapidated structures for tourists to see.

 

[Dad_Roman]

Brilliant, simply brilliant.

 

[GoPappy]

Tax dollars at work.

 

[majormadmax]

And here I was thinking you were talking about concealed carriers (vs. OC'ers!)

 

[Chupacabra Hunter]

Link in OP is gone. Add to Delete this posts…. Lol


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[crystalphoto]

yep, it's gone, all-right...

 

[Tnhawk]

Link in OP is gone. Add to Delete this posts…. Lol


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[V-Tach]

And there is progress on the new bridge. With so many issues with its construction I'm not too terribly looking forward to crossing over it when it's finished. But hey the old bridge is about to fall down too and I still drive over it. And the Old Courthouse is still falling down also.

 

[roadkill]

Don’t forget about our streets. They’re falling down as well

 

[leVieux]

The Nueces Courthouse has been an eyesore for almost 60 years.

Moonpie’s original link won’t open.

Please tell us about the bridge(s) ?

 

[roadkill]

The new harbor bridge was designed by the same people that did the bridge in Florida that collapsed. TXDOT fired them and hired a new engineer mid way thru project. It also has had lots of issues one of which is the main pillars were sinking. I believe the north pillar never hit solid ground when driving the pilings. I believe these main pillars also have had cracks in them as well. Not very confident in the new bridge as a whole given its design history and what I’ve heard surrounding the construction issues.

Also as an FYI when TXDOT allowed construction to resume one of the construction company employees got drunk at celebration party for construction to resume and drove the wrong way over the harbor bridge and killed a person. This lead to the DPS being permanently stationed at the entrances 24/7 to prevent wrong way drivers as well a few exits now closed permanently.

 

[TxStetson]

But hey the old bridge is about to fall down too and I still drive over it. And the Old Courthouse is still falling down also.

The old bridge was about to fall down when I moved away from there almost 20 years ago. I guess it wasn’t quite as bad as they led us to believe back then.

 

[V-Tach]

Don’t forget about our streets. They’re falling down as well

At least Morgan from Crosstown to Shoreline is decent finally.....won't stay that way though.....

 

[leVieux]

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Y’all are making me miss Corpus Christi. I was there in September last; looked that the entire area was “under construction”.

I’ll never forget 8/3/70 in Spohn when Celia blew the top 3 floors clean off, down to the orangish I-beams.

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[popper]

Bridge was fine last time I went across it 1961. Wasn't much of a town then though.

 

[Chupacabra Hunter]

And there is progress on the new bridge. With so many issues with its construction I'm not too terribly looking forward to crossing over it when it's finished. But hey the old bridge is about to fall down too and I still drive over it. And the Old Courthouse is still falling down also.

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[Chupacabra Hunter]

The new harbor bridge was designed by the same people that did the bridge in Florida that collapsed. TXDOT fired them and hired a new engineer mid way thru project. It also has had lots of issues one of which is the main pillars were sinking. I believe the north pillar never hit solid ground when driving the pilings. I believe these main pillars also have had cracks in them as well. Not very confident in the new bridge as a whole given its design history and what I’ve heard surrounding the construction issues.

Also as an FYI when TXDOT allowed construction to resume one of the construction company employees got drunk at celebration party for construction to resume and drove the wrong way over the harbor bridge and killed a person. This lead to the DPS being permanently stationed at the entrances 24/7 to prevent wrong way drivers as well a few exits now closed permanently.

Me on opening day.


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[Texasgordo]

The old bridge was about to fall down when I moved away from there almost 20 years ago. I guess it wasn’t quite as bad as they led us to believe back then.

Once many years ago I had to stop halfway up the bridge because one lane was closed due to construction. The way the bridge bounced with the traffic traveling on the other side was terrifying. I've hated that bridge since then.


This was at least 10-15 years ago.

 

[Chupacabra Hunter]

Once many years ago I had to stop halfway up the bridge because one lane was closed due to construction. The way the bridge bounced with the traffic traveling on the other side was terrifying. I've hated that bridge since then.


This was at least 10-15 years ago.

Thats probably a good thing… designed to flex


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