Stone rain: the Bayonne bridge is falling concrete

Stone rain: the Bayonne bridge is falling concrete

Pieces of concrete the size of a softball fall from bridge Bayonne directly on the windshields and roofs of cars passing beneath it.

The reason stone rain are repairscarried out to raise the roadbed and to allow larger boats to pass under the bridge. Meanwhile, on Monday the wreckage of the concrete is already damaged body four cars, passing under the bridge. That is, if a chip falls on the head of the man, and to think terribly.

Stone rain: the Bayonne bridge is falling concrete

According to the representative of the port authority, the chunks of concrete that fell Monday morning was the result of the dismantling of the concrete pier near Newark Avenue in Staten island. No reports of injuries have been reported, and officials have promised to repair all damaged cars.

At the moment, all demolition work is suspended as long as the contractor performing the work can show a plan that will avoid recurrence of such incidents.

Bridge repair the temple began 4 years ago. The problems with debris falling on the car, has happened in that time. Earlier this year, chunks of concrete and metal debris and lead paint fell on the items left under the bridge in Staten island. The situation was so severe that people living near the bridge said that they can’t even open the Windows as the dust of dismantling interferes with normal breathing.

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