I believe an artificial island in front of the bridge piling would have prevented this accident. I say that based on what a pilot in Savannah Georgia said yesterday. He was asked if a similar accident could destroy the bridge in Savannah. He said no, because the piling is far from the navigation channel. It is in such shallow water that …
I believe an artificial island in front of the bridge piling would have prevented this accident. I say that based on what a pilot in Savannah Georgia said yesterday. He was asked if a similar accident could destroy the bridge in Savannah. He said no, because the piling is far from the navigation channel. It is in such shallow water that if a ship went out of control and headed toward it, before it struck the piling "it would run aground." Apparently he believes running aground would stop even a large ship abruptly. It is not going to skid along for some distance before whacking into the piling. Of course the ship would be severely damaged.
Engineers can work out how big a triangular island of rocks and sand would have to be in order to stop the largest container ship. I think it would be reasonably small, because I have seen such islands in front of other bridges.
The channel is 50 feet deep there, so it would not be a huge undertaking.
I believe an artificial island in front of the bridge piling would have prevented this accident. I say that based on what a pilot in Savannah Georgia said yesterday. He was asked if a similar accident could destroy the bridge in Savannah. He said no, because the piling is far from the navigation channel. It is in such shallow water that if a ship went out of control and headed toward it, before it struck the piling "it would run aground." Apparently he believes running aground would stop even a large ship abruptly. It is not going to skid along for some distance before whacking into the piling. Of course the ship would be severely damaged.
Engineers can work out how big a triangular island of rocks and sand would have to be in order to stop the largest container ship. I think it would be reasonably small, because I have seen such islands in front of other bridges.
The channel is 50 feet deep there, so it would not be a huge undertaking.