Small section of Demerara Harbour Bridge sinks

thanks for the update.....I have relatives visiting Guyana who are on the West Coast

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The bridge is also coming to the end of its designated lifespan and a decision will have to be taken on a replacement.

I am surprise at your poor attempt to "spin".

Try "bowling" straight balls first

I am suprise that Henry is not on here yet to tell us that the bridge is just making a fashion statement. 

Oh Shucks. Burnham couldn't build anything that works.

Burnham's bridge over troubled waters!

Or is it under?

Is not Burnham bridge now it is Benn bridge now and it making a fashion statement.

Henry I hope you are not coming on here to tell people that Burnham bridge is just protesting against the killing of the people in Linden.

Isn't  this supposed to be a floating bridge?  Darn thing sinking instead of floating.

I was just looking at the records.  It is the world's fourth longest floating bridge.

As of now, it was the world's fourth longest floating bridge.

Cain, that bridge probably said " I am not going to stand for what is happening so it decide to just sit"

Sink is the opposite of float, like hate the opposite of love.  One cannot exist without the other.

He questioned how such a mishap could have occurred, when daily, maintenance crews can be seen working on the structure. Other minibus operators related that for about two days the weakness in that section of the bridge was being felt, but none of them reported this to management.
Dismissing doubts that the lack of maintenance caused the structure to collapse, General Manager of Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC), Rawlston Adams, stated that the mishap occurred between spans 60 and 61, situated near the western end, where maintenance and rehabilitative works are being executed.

He explained that the two temporary pontoons placed in that section to facilitate the change of the ‘A’ frames, which were severely corroded and damaged, sunk and caused the spans to submerge.

http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....idge-spans-collapse/

Robeson's PPP contractors were doing maintenance on the section of the bridge which collapsed. Once again, they display their incompetence and the people of Guyana suffer.

Nehru, would you like to go from East to West on DHB and wind up taking a swim? Give us your engineering advise on the recent collapse of the bridge.

it last ah long time...unlike some of the roads built under PPP

Time for reflection. Who will fix the Maintenance crew that is supposed to prevent this kind of thing from happening?

I have to agree that the DHB has served the usefulness and benefited the people for many years, perhaps exceeded its life span. Who is responsible for the maintenance of the bridge? We have to appreciate the use of the bridge and keep it going for as long as it could last with proper maintenance.

Dem is called Election Roads , Built ot last only until the election is over

And yet the PPP built another Burnham Bridge

Burnham died 27 years ago.  Its the PPP who failed to maintain the bridge.

Well YOUR PPP has proven how incompetent they are.

Demerara Harbour Bridge is expected to be reopen for light going vehicles by tomorrow afternoon while full operation to normalcy is expected by Thursday...

Bridge over the river Dem, if not speedboats will ply the river from GT to VHoop.

Point taken, clearly there was not a well establish maintenance schedule, thus the issue.  There is incompetence here, no doubt.

There is no way a pontoon can sit stationery for over 30 years without rusting and developing a leak.  Time for a new bridge. 

Maybe the speedboat owners sabotaged the bridge because it's big bucks for them now!!   

Well...yuh dont wait fuh build ah new one one when this one breaks...

Maybe.

But on a serious note, the bridge is in existence for a long time and indeed enexpected things would occur.

However, it would appear that better maintenence and randon checking should have taken place for the bridge.

Remember Berbice bridge is in an indo area!  DRB in Bagotstown, a black area.

When it break down, PPP seh no more bridge to protest pon!