Overweight tickets

Modern bridges are built to hold much more then the posted limit. They post the weight limits to slow wear and tear on the structure or to push out maintenance intervals (look at i40 for an example)
I’m not an engineer by any means but my buddy used to do bridge repair all across the country.

now I’m not saying a bridge build from 2x4s can support 10 times it’s weight limit.

look at all the 20 ton bridges in AR by the farms. Every day trucks and equipment roll across them at 80K lbs+
But it’s a 20 ton max weight......

I thought I read somewhere truck weight limit is figured by the area occupied by a truck. (Because bridges are built in sections most times)

 

Lmao unfortunately I deal a lot with farmers so I get to go across bridges I would rather avoid.
The fun ones are the ones they built themselves that’s just a concrete slab and some steel beams anchored into the ground with form stakes lmao.
(I don’t do this blindly mind you, it’s roads I’ve seen heavy equipment moved down or loaded grain trucks etc.)

 

in that case I’m just gonna reinforce I’m from MISSOURI and eat a lot of garlic thanks!