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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1418402" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>I assume you were building a bridge and not your wife.....</p><p></p><p>Coincidence, but my first real job was also building a bridge. The I-10 bridge over the San Jacinto River between Baytown and Channelview. I really enjoyed it, but the things my brother and I did on that job would not be allowed done today. (like standing atop the 30" X30"" concrete pilings with a jackhammer and cutting 2-3' to expose enough rebar so they could pour the horizontal structures that the bridge beams would sit on. No safety lines--no scaffolding, just lean a ladder up, climb up and pull the jackhammer & hose up with a rope and go to work.) </p><p>Evidently, we had a lot better balance and not near as much fear or common sense back then. </p><p>Did other stuff as well, swamped for a dragline, ran a dozer covering board road, shoveled asphalt, drove a water truck to wet down the new pours while they cured...</p><p>Austin Road and Bridge Co out of Dallas was my employer.</p><p>I really enjoyed that job too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1418402, member: 18945"] I assume you were building a bridge and not your wife..... Coincidence, but my first real job was also building a bridge. The I-10 bridge over the San Jacinto River between Baytown and Channelview. I really enjoyed it, but the things my brother and I did on that job would not be allowed done today. (like standing atop the 30" X30"" concrete pilings with a jackhammer and cutting 2-3' to expose enough rebar so they could pour the horizontal structures that the bridge beams would sit on. No safety lines--no scaffolding, just lean a ladder up, climb up and pull the jackhammer & hose up with a rope and go to work.) Evidently, we had a lot better balance and not near as much fear or common sense back then. Did other stuff as well, swamped for a dragline, ran a dozer covering board road, shoveled asphalt, drove a water truck to wet down the new pours while they cured... Austin Road and Bridge Co out of Dallas was my employer. I really enjoyed that job too. [/QUOTE]
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