Ya was no quick trip to Houston before & really going to be a challenge till they get it repaired. After looking at the damage it doesn’t look like there is any quick fix, fairly major structural issues. Galveston ferry, Hy 146, Hy 90, FM 1960 and Hy 105, they said around 200,000 vehicles a day crossed that bridge & pretty vital
Originally Posted by Hunteradventurer
This isn't the first time that bridge has been closed due to being hit by a barge. The south side(east bound lanes) were hit in 94 and they ended up having to rebuild the whole section. About 10 or 15 years later, due to age I believe, they decided to rebuild the other side. I believe they can eliminate the shoulder area and make it two lanes both ways. It's still a cluster fuck because you are going from 3 or four lanes to 2 and in addition the west bound side has spur 330 emptying into I-10 right there.
Not sure who is going to do the repair yet. The company that did the repairs on the 59 bridge between Humble and Kingwood used some out of the box thinking to get the old bridge removed and saved about 2 months on the estimated time to complete.
Seems like someone needs to do some out of the box thinking to prevent barges from coming in contact with the bridge.