bridge falling?patch it by Richardphotos

Photography • Architecture • posted on Feb 24, 2009

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this is an overpass in Mesquite Texas over Interstate 635.it is actually very new in terms of most bridges around Texas.the section started sinking not long after it was built, so they simply put some asphalt to cover the booboo.I was taking the picture of the fog and noticed the bridge Mesquite bridge is falling down,falling down-my fair lady thanks for looking and any comments

Comments (84)

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Darkwish

6:05AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Amazing shot! Great!

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claude19

6:06AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Great shot for a dangerous bridge !!! When is calculated for the falling down ?

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durleybeachbum

6:10AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

How alarming!!

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drace68

6:10AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Hey Mesquite, Texas, Welcome to the Club.

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Oceania66

6:16AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

INTERESSANTE

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mapps

6:20AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

yep looks real safe :-)

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praep

6:20AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Creepy - I hope the bridge will not fall down with cars or human on it...

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babuci

6:30AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Good to know other contries has a problem fixing things too not just here down under. Looks not much of the trouble now, would be a great idea to check on a condition every 6mnths or so to see a different. Btw, nice foggy shot.

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RodolfoCiminelli

6:31AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Fantastic shot my friend......!!!!!

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VDH

6:31AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Very interesting shot!

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flora-crassella

6:38AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

that looks very dangerously! Do you drive further over this bridge????? interesting and wonderful shot!

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schonee

6:40AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

I Hate bridges lol...Super Shot here Richard!!!

Hopalong

6:43AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Americans are among the shoddiest builders on the planet. Actually, the system is designed that way. Pouring "money" into "repairing" an infrastructure that is already obsolete is also moronic, and just another scam. "FDRism" is Fascism in sheep's clothing, and leads to world war as the final economic solution, just like last time. Incompetence refurbishing incompetence, haha.

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fredster66

6:47AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Ouch! I'd say to stay off of it... great shot - you should send it to whoever is in charge of such matters... scary!

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chesscanoe

6:50AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Do it right the second time is the hope of a few in that bleak state.

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magnus073

6:57AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Now this scares the life out of me to think this is actually one of the newer one's ! Good grief someone needs to do some major repairs before people are hurt

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nazul

7:09AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Whoooo ...i'm happy i'm not there - excellent and darring shot :-)

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lyron

7:29AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Great capture!!!

MC-Jay-One

7:35AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Great idea and shot :)

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OrphanedSoul

7:47AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

LOL modern is not always better! Great capture!

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Bampster

8:04AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Nice bridge! Remsembles the current state of our country. Instead of getting to the crux of the matter we simply patch it. Much like treating a terminal disease with a bandaid. Nevertheless, it is an excellent capture, Richard!!!!!

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LBJ2

8:33AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Great documentary, Richard. I hope the local authorities get it fixed, before anything bad happens. Saw a highway bridge collapse in Denmark.. thank God there were no cars on it... Nice humor with the London bridge is falling down #;oD From an old song i think.

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sandra46

9:00AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

After the Romans, it looks that we Italians lost the art of building bridges, so once in a while one collapses during a flood or a landslide. I hope that yours will endure the fatigue of carrying the traffic.

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bmac62

9:02AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Run Richard, run. Glad you got your photo...that situation can't be good.

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Kaartijer

9:14AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

That's not good... hope it won't happen another tragedy like the one in MN...

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lwperkins

9:18AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Looks like a candidate for repairs--we had one here that had pieces falling off of it (it was built at the beginning of the 20th century, though, and used heavily every day, so it had an excuse. We used to worry that the pigeons would sit on it at the same time that our car was on it;-) Finally this year they closed it and they will completely refit it so chunks will stop falling off onto boaters below! Sometimes our taxes do go to useful things!

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