08.13.2007
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Truckers still use faulty bridges 8/13/07 Quote:
TREMONT, Miss. -Northeast Mississippi's three worst bridges have weight restrictions to prevent collapse, but at least one trucker says those limits are routinely ignored.
Signs posted at the bridges - all located within one mile of each other on Mississippi Highway 178 west of Tremont in Itawamba County - warn drivers not to exceed 20,000 pounds per tandem axle. Engineers set the limits after deeming the spans deficient.
A tandem - or dual - axle is a pair of two or more axles located next to each other, a common configuration in large trucks.
All three bridges scored 17 out of 100 possible points on a sufficiency scale. One hundred is the best score, and anything 50 or less is considered deficient.
These are the lowest ranked bridges in the region. They cross Gum Creek, Cypress Creek and Bull Mountain Creek.
On Tuesday, one trucker said he surpassed the weight limits, and another apparently just eked by. The first, a driver for a company in Amory, said he had more than 80,000 pounds; the second, Robert Wright with Darrell Harp Enterprises in Red Bay, Ala., said he had 45,000.
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