December 17, 2013 - Bixby Bridge

[Lamplighter]

In surfing about, I came across these 2 pics

One is obviously when the bridge was under construction.
The other was a goof-up of a Google Earth image.





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[CaliforniaMama]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

In surfing about, I came across these 2 pics

One is obviously when the bridge was under construction.
The other was a goof-up of a Google Earth image.

I am always amazed and left feeling profound awe when I see the feats of construction being made in a time before our modern equipment and engineering-know-how was developed. Like watching the Golden Gate Bridge get built, Hoover Dam and the like.

It's kinda funny doing seismic retrofit on a bridge that has seen some pretty intense earthquakes and lived to tell. When the Big One hits, will there be enough people left to care about it?

Or, is the Big One all one big myth to create industry where there was none?

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaMama

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It's kinda funny doing seismic retrofit on a bridge that has seen
some pretty intense earthquakes and lived to tell.
When the Big One hits, will there be enough people left to care about it?

Or, is the Big One all one big myth to create industry where there was none?

Bixby Bridge is on the Callif/Oregon border, north of the Mendicino fault.

Maybe the Pacific plate is going to slide right on by us in Oregon
...and it's the Juan De Fuca Gorda plate that's coming ashore to bite us



(map from here)