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As if things aren't bad enough. I-40 bridge at Memphis closed indefinitely
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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1682215" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>Heads are rolling over failure to see the crack back in 2019.</p><p></p><p>At least one Arkansas official has been fired over this. The inspection department chief/lead field inspector.. The arrangement between Tenn and Arkansas is that Arkansas will conduct all annual inspections and Tenn will do the physical maintenance, with both states paying the costs.</p><p>It has come to light, that the damaged beam was there in some form of failure as far back as 2019 and the inspector didn't notice it and since was only discovered this year by a 3rd party commercial inspection team, it means the Arkansas inspector also missed it in 2020.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]4458[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><em>An inspector with the Arkansas Department of Transportation who twice failed to identify a crack in a bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that prompted the bridge's closure last week has been fired, the department announced on Monday.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Though officials did not name the inspector, Rex Vines, deputy director and chief engineer of the Arkansas Department of Transportation, said at a news conference on Monday that "the same person was the team leader in both inspections" in 2019 and 2020.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"He didn't see it," Lorie Tudor, the department's director, said at the news conference. "But the reason he didn't see it is because he wasn't following proper protocol." The inspector was required to "literally go inch by inch along that beam and physically inspect every inch of the beam," she said, adding, "That did not happen."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The bridge deck and substructure are inspected every year by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, Dave Parker, a spokesman for the department, said. Additionally, the department hires a private contractor every two years to inspect the upper portion of the bridge, including its cables and higher extensions, Mr. Parker said.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The problem was spotted on May 11 by a private contractor during an inspection of the bridge, which reaches from downtown Memphis into Arkansas, the agency said. That contractor noticed a critical beam was fractured to the point of being nearly severed and called 911: "We need to get people off the bridge immediately!"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The bridge, also known as the Hernando de Soto Bridge, remains shut.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Drone footage in 2019 showed evidence of the crack on the bridge, which goes over the Mississippi River, meaning it had twice gone unreported by the staff inspector, the agency said.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p>The 2019 drone footage begins about 55 seconds in:</p><p>[YOUTUBE][MEDIA=youtube]G-IgEubc7SM[/MEDIA][/YOUTUBE]</p><p></p><p>A different view of the crack today:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]4459[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1682215, member: 18945"] Heads are rolling over failure to see the crack back in 2019. At least one Arkansas official has been fired over this. The inspection department chief/lead field inspector.. The arrangement between Tenn and Arkansas is that Arkansas will conduct all annual inspections and Tenn will do the physical maintenance, with both states paying the costs. It has come to light, that the damaged beam was there in some form of failure as far back as 2019 and the inspector didn't notice it and since was only discovered this year by a 3rd party commercial inspection team, it means the Arkansas inspector also missed it in 2020. [ATTACH type="full"]4458[/ATTACH] [i]An inspector with the Arkansas Department of Transportation who twice failed to identify a crack in a bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that prompted the bridge’s closure last week has been fired, the department announced on Monday. Though officials did not name the inspector, Rex Vines, deputy director and chief engineer of the Arkansas Department of Transportation, said at a news conference on Monday that “the same person was the team leader in both inspections” in 2019 and 2020. “He didn’t see it,” Lorie Tudor, the department’s director, said at the news conference. “But the reason he didn’t see it is because he wasn’t following proper protocol.” The inspector was required to “literally go inch by inch along that beam and physically inspect every inch of the beam,” she said, adding, “That did not happen.” The bridge deck and substructure are inspected every year by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, Dave Parker, a spokesman for the department, said. Additionally, the department hires a private contractor every two years to inspect the upper portion of the bridge, including its cables and higher extensions, Mr. Parker said. The problem was spotted on May 11 by a private contractor during an inspection of the bridge, which reaches from downtown Memphis into Arkansas, the agency said. That contractor noticed a critical beam was fractured to the point of being nearly severed and called 911: “We need to get people off the bridge immediately!” The bridge, also known as the Hernando de Soto Bridge, remains shut. Drone footage in 2019 showed evidence of the crack on the bridge, which goes over the Mississippi River, meaning it had twice gone unreported by the staff inspector, the agency said. [/i] The 2019 drone footage begins about 55 seconds in: [YOUTUBE][MEDIA=youtube]G-IgEubc7SM[/MEDIA][/YOUTUBE] A different view of the crack today: [ATTACH type="full"]4459[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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