MexAmerican_Moose

https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/brg/webinars/2019-0725/04.pdf

see pg 13

looks like a hand coming out of the ground....looks good!

gonna miss running thru all that shade....you could actually feel the temp drop when running thru there

kind of feels like a GTA map...in a good way

as a bridge engineer, I'm fascinated what other countries are able to do with the space under their bridges....us...errr

what if "things" started happening to the stopped trains? won't elaborate further

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvn7nw/train-robberies-are-back

not important until the RFIs start coming in LMAO - engineer

if they are going to include a bridge for the BRT at least add a couple of lanes for car traffic, that train track always has stalled/waiting trains that disrupt traffic in the East End

cheap...but just like anything ethnic nowadays....gentrification LULZ

Dora the Explorer? and you want us to take you seriously? come on dawgg

id recommend reading the book Houston Electric by Steven M Baron.....awesome info on Houston's old electric streetcar system

engineer here, these comments help me understand how architects think....completely different from us lol

inflation

We don't need a 50k stadium, yet. Just need to win consistently to bring the fans back.

depending on the TxDot District, most design work is done by consultants....some, like Houston District, design some of their stuff "in-house"......Tunnels cost A LOT more than bridges (especially here with the soil type) and there's barely enough infrastructure money as it is...there's all sorts of infrastructure underground (storm sewers, water lines, wastewater lines, ets)...there's a reason you have to call 311 before digging....LULZ

bridge girders/foundations are probably going to be designed for truck loads, not rail loads...gonna need some serious retrofit/$$$ after....unless someone can design a really, really lightweight train/tram

13 hours ago, Triton said:

This feels way too dangerous to bike down.

looks fun on a motorcycle tho

i knew i had it seen it before in the standards, i need to do more low speed bridges...found a TxDot rail standard for an aesthetically pleasing rail

https://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/cmd/cserve/standard/bridge/rlstd021-20.pdf

I'm sure the required hydraulic opening of the original bridge design (open area under bridge) is much, much lower than what is calculated now (newer rainfall data, more construction upstream of the bayou/more stormwater runoff).

https://www.projectbrays.org/all-segments/segment-1/about-telephone-bridge/

https://bridgehunter.com/tx/harris/bh50785/

This bridge is from 1931!! Great service life. I like the old school rails on the bridge tho, i wish we constructed more similar rails in TX. We cant because of the traffic rating required at high speeds.

13 minutes ago, H-Town Man said:

Less space for water to flow?

Yes, in bridge design, the bridge engineer doesn't change the road profile (difficult to change in urban areas), so the deeper beam will create less area under the bridge for the water to flow. More area was added (thicker bridge) to impede water flow than was removed by taking out a couple of bents.

However, less bents is also good because it prevents debris from being trapped at the columns and impeding water flow. It takes just a couple of iterations to get it right.

Also a lot of the new bridges are being built with recently updated rain/hydraulic data.

Here in Texas, the "row of columns" are called bents, in some other places in the country/world, they're called piers. The first and last bents of a bridge are called abutments.

The number of bents is determined by superstructure type (CIP slab, slab beams, box beams, concrete i-girders or steel girders) and hydraulics of the stream. The bigger the beam, => the longer the span, => the less number of bents, => the deeper the bridge, => the less space under the bridge for water to flow.

The water flow through a bridge is calculated by hydraulic engineers who determine whether the bridge needs to be raised or extended to accommodate the water flow.

maybe he's referencing Everton FC? lol

Sonner or later, a fence/barrier will be placed...humans do stupid things LOL

East End should look at bringing back some streetcars using some of the old tracks...im sure the asphalt/ and or concrete can be chipped out

good for the people that play golf there...bad for all the kids in the second ward that wanted a more functional park with soccer, football, baseball and basektball facilites....Mason is already heavily used