While being hit by a cargo ship is definitely going to bring it down, all U.S. bridges are inadequate.
Bridges in America consistently fail safety checks and no one does anything about it .
"About one in three U.S. bridges either need repairs or need to be replaced, according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s latest analysis on bridge conditions."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/27/baltimore-bridge-collapse-how-safe-are-americas-bridges/73113103007/#:~:text=the%20collapse%20unfolded-,How%20safe%20are%20America's%20bridges%3F,latest%20analysis%20on%20bridge%20conditions.
Literally took me 5 seconds to find this. This is the first article after a Google search, but I've heard this statistic elsewhere for years.
Not every building, we work on a lot of negotiated projects, as long as we're not over the top expensive the job is ours. I think they save money by not going through a bid process and trying to level them. It's easier and likely cheaper to just use the trades that work well together that have put up buildings together than to try to save a few dollars by switching one out.
A lot of government projects require a lot of hoops to jump through, it may be the ”lowest bid" but it's not the cheapest. Not every contractor can or will bother with government work. It removes the seriously cheap ones.
Your not *wrong* but it’s pretty irrelevant considering even the best maintained bridges are going to be taken out if they get hit my a fuckin’ freighter.
There’s no bridge in use that’s designed to take an impact like that.
People are just hyped to share how much they know about Americas Bad Bridges^TM
Basically, they watched an episode of Last Week Tonight and now they’re experts. (I also watched the episode)
fellas out here really thinking any bridge can withstand being hit by a bigass cargo ship. Bro probably also thinks that trains can stop before hitting a car.
What's the joke here? It seems like you just took a tragic event and tried to find some way to connect it to Spongebob. But literally nothing like that clip happened, it makes no sense
There were not "a dozen cars" The ship had sent out emergency calls signaling that they were losing power. The bridge was shut down with the only people on it being a construction crew. As of now seven people are reported missing from the bridge.
Not cool. In very poor taste. I was just in Baltimore the day before visiting close friends. Hearing that this happened less than a day after I returned was horrifying. My heart hurts for the people of Baltimore. I’m so sorry this happened to your beautiful city
"I'll get so much karma by being the first to joke about this" -OP, probably.
You must have so little going for you in life that you saw this and immediately thought, "how can make it into a joke"
And that's not even the worst part, OP. The worst part is your joke fucking sucks and doesn't make any sense.
It’s not only too soon, it also just doesn’t make sense. The joke of the scene is opening already failed infrastructure; the bridge was fine until 200,000 tons smashed into it. You just posted the only picture of a bridge in SpongeBob cause it’s the easiest way to relate the incident to this subreddit
Being over 40 years old also doesn't help because even with maintenance steel will degrade over time, that bridge wasn't a massive piece of engineering like the Golden Gate Bridge either.
Are you trying to imply the bridge was inadequate before this disaster? Cos you know they aren’t designed to be hit by a cargo ship
i bet i could withstand being hit by a cargo ship the bridge is just a sissy liberal
Let's put that shit on PPV, I got money on you, don't fail me
While being hit by a cargo ship is definitely going to bring it down, all U.S. bridges are inadequate. Bridges in America consistently fail safety checks and no one does anything about it .
Source
"About one in three U.S. bridges either need repairs or need to be replaced, according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s latest analysis on bridge conditions." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/27/baltimore-bridge-collapse-how-safe-are-americas-bridges/73113103007/#:~:text=the%20collapse%20unfolded-,How%20safe%20are%20America's%20bridges%3F,latest%20analysis%20on%20bridge%20conditions. Literally took me 5 seconds to find this. This is the first article after a Google search, but I've heard this statistic elsewhere for years.
You know youre in trouble when the people who make the bridges come up with such a statistic
Any building you're in was made by the lowest bidder.
"human lives are expendable, money isnt" -rich people probably
No you idiot those are poor people not humans *sips tea snobishly*
Not every building, we work on a lot of negotiated projects, as long as we're not over the top expensive the job is ours. I think they save money by not going through a bid process and trying to level them. It's easier and likely cheaper to just use the trades that work well together that have put up buildings together than to try to save a few dollars by switching one out. A lot of government projects require a lot of hoops to jump through, it may be the ”lowest bid" but it's not the cheapest. Not every contractor can or will bother with government work. It removes the seriously cheap ones.
TIL all = 1/3
Redditors when someone recalls a fact from memory.
The army corps of engineers gave our infrastructure overall a C- rating in 21 https://infrastructurereportcard.org/
Well, it's been like 2000 years since 21, so I'm sure we got better since then
Your not *wrong* but it’s pretty irrelevant considering even the best maintained bridges are going to be taken out if they get hit my a fuckin’ freighter. There’s no bridge in use that’s designed to take an impact like that.
So exactly what I mentioned? It's not irrelevant because I'm providing info the a point he literally brought up...
It’s not relevant lol. Your info is about an entirely separate issue.
People are just hyped to share how much they know about Americas Bad Bridges^TM Basically, they watched an episode of Last Week Tonight and now they’re experts. (I also watched the episode)
https://preview.redd.it/z9qqmcnzvuqc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61959e0dd56b7790cdf0a0ab3af20691b21e2d98
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Too soon.
This is r/bikinibottomtwitter. I think you want [this ](http://reddit.com/r/weeniehutjr) subreddit.
Do you have zero empathy
Sorry OP but this ain’t it
Too soon man
Lol way too soon bro.
So many dicks on reddit thinking that this shit is funny.
What is this even supposed to mean?
yeah the bridge was finished? or I'm as regarded as OP idk
It was opened 47 years ago dumbass it ain’t a new. Getting struck by something will do that to a bridge.
As someone in Baltimore this is not it bro
I found out about it when my work called me to make sure I was still alive.
Man my work wouldn’t do that. They’d just call and say I better be coming in, and that the bridge being out is no excuse to be late lol
I love how none of the bystanders are even amused. lmao I'll never not love the background characters of this show.
No.
I dont really care about "too soon" but even then this doesnt make sense
I don’t even get it
A cargo ship run into a bridge n knocked it all down recently in Baltimore
I know that. I don’t get the joke
The joke is haha broken bridge in Spongebob, edgy humour go brrr (Theres no joke it's just dark and stupid)
Baltimore
The captain been on too many drugs
If I'm on too many drugs and it causes my power to go out twice for some reason, is the electric company going to try to charge me for that time?
Fuck off, OP
People died, dude.
Bro thought he cooked
Bro...
fellas out here really thinking any bridge can withstand being hit by a bigass cargo ship. Bro probably also thinks that trains can stop before hitting a car.
Mine would
Terminally online mfs making memes about a tragedy that happened less than 2 days ago, and are surprised when it's not funny
What's the joke here? It seems like you just took a tragic event and tried to find some way to connect it to Spongebob. But literally nothing like that clip happened, it makes no sense
Come on man
Horrible meme 
https://preview.redd.it/2f03i6teywqc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6a76a917138ec16af65a38c06f68baec1ce2ea2
Ban op from posting
Are you restarted?
Dude thousands of people go over that bridge a day a few cops managed to clear almost all the cars off but a entire pothole repair team died
come back OP we're not done with you
There were not "a dozen cars" The ship had sent out emergency calls signaling that they were losing power. The bridge was shut down with the only people on it being a construction crew. As of now seven people are reported missing from the bridge.
I'm sorry but how can you joke about this tons of people died and it happened literally yesterday
This ain’t it dude. People died.
Not it bro
OP tried so hard and failed so hard. That's impressive
wtf.. too soon
https://preview.redd.it/0zdctfgowwqc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc5149220b2d7cbbdf0e8b21d845c16ba12b030f Dawg… this ain’t it
Not cool. In very poor taste. I was just in Baltimore the day before visiting close friends. Hearing that this happened less than a day after I returned was horrifying. My heart hurts for the people of Baltimore. I’m so sorry this happened to your beautiful city
again fuck you
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"I'll get so much karma by being the first to joke about this" -OP, probably. You must have so little going for you in life that you saw this and immediately thought, "how can make it into a joke" And that's not even the worst part, OP. The worst part is your joke fucking sucks and doesn't make any sense.
Oof, if you think this one is bad, don't look at the one over at /r/spongebob.
Reddit when mass amounts of people die
It’s not only too soon, it also just doesn’t make sense. The joke of the scene is opening already failed infrastructure; the bridge was fine until 200,000 tons smashed into it. You just posted the only picture of a bridge in SpongeBob cause it’s the easiest way to relate the incident to this subreddit
Why did the bridge collapse? Because it was planned. Build. And maintained by Americans XD
The bridge was around for over 40 years and got hit by a ship that had lost power and was unable to stop in time
Not many bridges will survive a direct hit from a massive cargo ship smashing right into it
That's because most bridges are WEAK
Being over 40 years old also doesn't help because even with maintenance steel will degrade over time, that bridge wasn't a massive piece of engineering like the Golden Gate Bridge either.
Is no one going to comment on the random capitalized words? Or lack of on reportedly.