Crane crunches Aiea pedestrian overpass

[TuNnL]

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Actually, I believe everyone is reporting that. I pity those who work the night shift in town. Try not to get hit by any falling debris on the way home!

[damontucker]

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KHNL is reporting that work is now being done to repair this overpass.

[pzarquon]

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I don't know if this has already been posted...

C'mon, Adrian, you're a seasoned forum user. This was posted exactly one message up!

[adrian]

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I don't know if this has already been posted, but I was reading snopes.com, and came upon this: an excavator that crashed into a highway overpass.

That reminded me of what happened here, so I thought I'd share.

[mel]

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That's the beauty of the Big Island...you never have to look up unless you want to see snow on Mauna Kea.

I always look up and sideways whenever I do the three big horseshoe turns along the Hamakua Coast on the Big Island. These and a few other places along Route 19 between Hilo and Honokaa where the cliffside could suddenly come down upon you.

[pzarquon]

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Has anyone done in-depth reporting on other freeway overpass locations around Oahu? I find myself looking upward a lot more when I'm driving on the H-1 these days.

The only piece that comes to mind is the KHON story I mentioned a few pages back, noting the more infamous low bridges (like Gulick Avenue). Apparently there's a straightforward list of all bridges and overhangs that could easily be sorted by height to find other likely trouble spots, but if it's online anywhere, I haven't seen it. I share Ian Lind's disdain over the lack of usefulness of the DOT website...

KHON tonight referenced an apparently infamous accident in Hays, Kansas, where a backhoe hit a bridge, and actually made it partway through the concrete. Very impressive. And not something I'd want repeated out here!

[craigwatanabe]

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Has anyone done in-depth reporting on other freeway overpass locations around Oahu?

I find myself looking upward a lot more when I'm driving on the H-1 these days.

That's the beauty of the Big Island...you never have to look up unless you want to see snow on Mauna Kea.

[Palolo Joe]

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Has anyone done in-depth reporting on other freeway overpass locations around Oahu?

I find myself looking upward a lot more when I'm driving on the H-1 these days.

[TuNnL]

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I say keep the thread around until we find out the fate of the bridge and the Army personnel responsible. We can look at these last few posts as “pre-press conference lobby chatter.”

[Leo Lakio]

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Man...Ryan ought to close this thread just because of that creative post from cw. In improv theatre, we call that a "blackout," meaning "that's as good as it can get - end the sketch on a high note."

[craigwatanabe]

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Wow...first crane, then population, then Kamehamena using Haoles to unite Hawaii, then PJ being a fish...so lets see:

Dis crane when whack one overpass den Kamehameha told one Haole, "Eh braddah we go use your guns and run the Oahu Warriors off da Pali. Den Oahu population wen drop (cuz dey wen all make ova da cliffs) And den for some reason plenty of babies was born and left da Aina but wen come back at 15 to get da drivers license and wen make one mess up wen da crane wen bus up da overpass because da driver wen turn into one fish (Eh fish no can drive truck...need CDL eh?)

Moral: If Kamehameha never used Cook to win the battle of Oahu, the Big Island would have been the gathering isle and Oahu wouldn't have had any traffic problems and Palolo Joe wouldn't be a fish. See what a wonderful world it could have been?

[tutusue]

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Oh yeah. Soooooo. There's this overpass. Then the crane wen go smash em. Boom!

Crane? What crane?!

Speaking of that fateful night and the wonderful AAA tow truck driver who took my daughter and I under his wing...I sent AAA an email asking them to give him a raise! Of course, he didn't get that, but he did get a $25. gift card via their "Compliment Program". Nice to know there is such a program. And even nicer to learn that he benefitted beyond a verbal compliment.

[i-hungry]

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Oh yeah. Soooooo. There's this overpass. Then the crane wen go smash em. Boom!

[damontucker]

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Like you haven't been for a long time?
Thanks for honoring me though

[Palolo Joe]

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FYI - PJ

I never called you a fish!

Nope, but once again you try to speak for others by threatening me with "whacks" from Auntie.

Would you rather I use troll instead?