I would love to go and see in person, the dismantling of the Memorial Bridge that has stood for 90 years as a bridge between Portmouth NH and Maine. They are taking out the middle span, loading it onto a barge and floating it to a place that will recycle it. It is a 2 MILLION pound span that they are moving, which should be something to see!
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That sounds like a lot; but, according to Wikipedia, the typical barge (about 60m x 10m) can carry up to 1500 tons of cargo. Thus, a typical barge should be able to carry 3 or those spans (assuming they physically fit - which, as steel is heavy stuff, they probably would).
It would be fun to watch!
Posted by: Cop Car | February 08, 2012 at 02:31 PM
Oops! I did not read/remember well. Your span is 2 million pounds, rather than the 1 million that I was working with; thus, the typical barge would carry only 1.5 of your spans. Sorry!
Posted by: Cop Car | February 08, 2012 at 02:33 PM
I beleive there is a zero or two missing from you figure. After all, 1500 tons is only 3000 pounds (heck, WS's truck can almost carry that much)
Posted by: bogie | February 09, 2012 at 04:16 AM
Wake up, Bogie, wake up and have your caffeine!
1500 tons(2000 pounds/ton)=3000000 pounds
Now you may go back to sleep.
*giggling*
Did I ever tell you about the time that I checked my bosses (approximately 100 pages) of calculations concerning a B-52D airframe - and - failed to note that he had omitted one-half of the weight of the fuselage?
Or the time that I failed to notice an error made (by an IBM card-cutting machine) that placed the engines of the KC-135 airframe that I was modeling (before the days when we had displays for the models on which we worked) on the horizontal tail, instead of on the wings? In the end, I had about 20 decks of IBM cards that were correct and about 7 decks that were in error. Did I notice? Well, no. It was only when the runs of some of the simulations looked "funny" that a more experienced modeler figured it out!
Posted by: Cop Car | February 09, 2012 at 09:42 AM
You got it, I'm blaming the early hour, not having worked out or had my shower yet, much less caffein (tea)! [facepalm]
Posted by: bogie | February 10, 2012 at 04:16 AM
Your not so bad. I can't even type in "boss's" correctly!
Posted by: Cop Car | February 10, 2012 at 04:37 PM
Or even "you're". (I can't type right now for laughing at myself!)
Posted by: Cop Car | February 10, 2012 at 04:38 PM