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Old 05-28-2013, 10:09 AM   #1
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I like that a lot. I want to know how they change those light bulbs. It looks like it would be extremely difficult to access them there, but they aren't going to do something like this unless it's pretty easy.
From the top, over the side, either with a bucket truck or one of those bridge inspection thingys.
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Old 05-28-2013, 10:17 AM   #2
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Thanks, Bruce. I'd never seen one of those before. Pretty cool.
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Old 05-28-2013, 10:27 AM   #3
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I like these shots with the reflection in the water.
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Old 05-28-2013, 10:27 AM   #4
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That's how they don't inspect the bridges that are falling down.
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Old 05-28-2013, 10:30 AM   #5
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In fairness, if I were driving on a bridge and saw one of those trucks, I'd only see the top part of it and wouldn't notice that it was more than a regular bucket truck. You can really only see them from the side of the bridge.
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Old 05-28-2013, 10:36 AM   #6
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You'd notice, because they would have the lane closed for at least 5 miles, fucking up traffic for at least 20 miles, with signs and lights and dire warnings of biblical catastrophe if you even think about going one mph over 11.6, or changing lanes.

After all, there are MEN WORKING!
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Old 05-28-2013, 11:16 AM   #7
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That's how they don't inspect the bridges that are falling down.
FWIW, This bridge (The Lowery Bridge) over the Mississippi
is the replacement of the I-35 bridge that collapsed in 2007.
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Old 05-28-2013, 10:48 AM   #8
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From the top, over the side, either with a bucket truck or one of those bridge inspection thingys.
They probably designed the lights with different lenses so they can switch colors electronically. The color of the lights on the 35W bridge change at least once a week and the cost of manually changing the colors every week would be astronomical.
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Old 05-28-2013, 10:51 AM   #9
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For sure, they aren't changing lens/gels anymore, all LED magic.
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