24.02.2013
Bridge bashing closes highway
A delivery truck with an articulated boom lift on the back, smashed into a bridge on Friday on the south side of Indianapolis closing Interstate 70 and 65 just before the evening rush hour.
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The lift clearly suffered a serious impact
The impact was such that the roads remained closed well into the evening as engineers inspected the bridge for damage.
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Repairs will be costly
The lift looks like a JLG 600AJ and is owned by local company Air Worx, how it was high enough to strike the bridge is uncertain.
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The delivery truck
Chas
Looking at how the boom is bent it would suggest that it didn't it the bridge above but the bridge support to the side. Indicating that the transport pin wasn't in place.
Thats odd, I drove one of those machines last week, and it wouldn't give the access round corners like that one looks like it will.... I wonder why ?