Time Lapse of a Bridge Move in Portland, Oregon

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Warning: I couldn’t get this video to play in Firefox. I had to use IE. YMMV.

Buy those engineers a beer!

http://videos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2013/01/time_lapse_of_sellwood_bridge.html

Here’s a great photo essay of the move:

http://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2013/01/sellwood_bridge_moves_inch_by.html

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For a bridge that can boogie, take a look at the films of Galloping Gertie. There are several on YouTube to choose from.

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We spent about half the day down there with some friends who have a condo next to the river. Shots and beer and munchies. Gotta say that watching the bridge shoo-fly was like watching paint dry, though.

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Yeah, that one is a classic.

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It worked for me.