May 2025 Flood
I doubt if this is US-219, but it provides an example of the impact of the flood.
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| wjactv_response |
Browsing the results of a Google search, a lot of towns in eastern Pennsylvania were impacted. "This is the worst they have seen it in 30 years." [wjactv_concerns]
The "talking head" PennDOT official in the this video said a "pillar" in the middle of the river collapsed. A PennDOT official should use the proper term of pier instead of pillar. The date on this report is May 20, 2025. The bridge was 102 years old.
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| wjactv_repairs |
This shows the pier. I'm really impressed that they removed the pier, as well as the spans, in less than 7 days.
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| DailyAmerican |
I don't understand how they are going to lower the right-hand end of the bridge. That is, the video ends just when it was going to get interesting.
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| PA State Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar posted U.S. 219 UPDATE: The bridge structure is in ahead of schedule. Check out the innovative installation in the video! |
I kept watching the boom to see it boom up. I never caught it in action, but obviously it did slowly go up. In order to keep his end of the bridge level, the operator has a play out the cable at the correct rate as he moves the boom up. This was a smooth operator because I never saw the Bailey bridge deviate from being horizontal.
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| Above video at the end. |
The plan is to build a second temporary bridge next to this one, and then build the permanent replacement.
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