No - I live in Canada - the real world is always about the bullshit- I -in my dotage- have never seen anyone burned for delays- mosty not their fault - not sure where the "real world" is but pick some cigarettes off the trees for me - maybe get me some of those soft bolied eggs the hens lay there too
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Cangrejo bridge closed due to major structural failure.
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Sorry JD no photos. But I did pass by to have a look. They have packed dirt around the lower half of the rebar, enclosing it in a pit, leaving space between the pit walls and rebar for concrete to flow. They are building forms around the upper part of the rebar. Lots of workers present.
Hola Norberto61. Your reference to some of the lyrics from,”The Big Rock Candy Mountain“, made me chuckle. Loved that song when I was a kid. I‘m departing Western Newfoundland and heading back to the DR in January. Hoping to pick up my rental car at POP airport, drive across the new Cangrejo bridge, and head straight to Luperon. During my winter stays, I cross that bridge a lot to visit friends in Cabarete and Sosúa. The thought of having to navigate that detour, especially during heavy rainfall, is not appealing.
Ohh yes Oderbrecht... the people that built punta catalina power plant, so all the people in the DR could have reliable and cheap electricty... and they also gave the politicos a large retirement account.........
The detour road was brutal yesterday. It took me 50 minutes. The traffic was backed up onto the highway going to Puerto Plata. There was no accident or broken car but a huge pothole that minimized the traffic to nearly one lane. Of course, there were the idiots passing in the other lane and then trying to cut it. Amet and the military doing nothing but watching. Figured they could have helped direct the traffic. I'm not good at keeping my cool in those situations. I have zero patience.
It wasn't the local government who is at fault as I understand it. It was people owning property they needed to purchase to do the project.
For some reason they need more land than the original bridge.
At one time there was a plan to have four lanes from Puerto Plata to Cabarete. Is the new bridge 4 lanes?
I've no idea.
My last trip up to Sosewer was July 2021.
I'm still waiting for them to clean the place up (a little too American ghetto for me now adays) before I spend anymore of my time or money up there.
The La Vega overpass took 13 months, and that was on one of the major highways.
It could be the angle, but the column or retention wall appears to be wider than the road.
Measure it on Google Earth and let us know how wide it is. (Hint: it's over 100')
Then entire bridge will be almost 250' long.
That's probably because there will be walkways and guard rails outside the traveled way
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