Sunday Overnight Open Thread - February 9, 2025 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Did you enjoying watching the professional football contest this evening? Anyway... Welcome to the Sunday ONT!

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Who can forget this classic?

There was this pocket in western civilization between 1987-2000 where life was just about perfect. I hope you were lucky enough to be there pic.twitter.com/aw3JjBA1E1

— Sports and Nonsense (@Samantha_SN1) February 8, 2025

Before we knew what USAID was, there were signs we all missed.

Remember when all thought this guy was lying because he ran his infomercials on late night TV pic.twitter.com/c7VeKvoDm2

— stricture (@bog_beef) February 6, 2025

It's easy to forget that real people are losing their jobs due to the gutting of USAID. Let's take a moment to empathize with one of them.

🤣🤣🤣🤣👇 pic.twitter.com/eJRbkwYT0G

— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) February 8, 2025

Talented young lady with great taste in music

Been following this young lady on IG and X for a while now. Here she is honoring the best band ever.

Did somebody order some Rush!? #bagpipes #bagpiper #allythepiper #piperally #rush pic.twitter.com/douCdGUw2O

— Ally the Piper (@piperdotally) February 5, 2025

Design for Baltimore's New Key Bridge Revealed

Rebuilt Key Bridge to Become State’s First Cable-Stayed Bridge

Less than a year after the container ship M/V Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused a deadly total collapse, Maryland and federal leaders have revealed the design of the new bridge that will be built to replace it.

On Tuesday, Maryland Governor Wes Moore showed off renderings of the new bridge, which he said “honors the architectural tradition of the Francis Scott Key Bridge” while modernizing it with cables running from the deck to a pair of towers. It also raises the clearance for large vessels, going from the old bridge’s clearance of 185′ to a new clearance of 230′ at high tide.

Moore pledged that, as the original bridge was built in 1977 using the most advanced industry standard and best materials available at that time, the new bridge will also be “constructed in accordance with the most advanced industry standards and with the best infrastructure design.” He said, “We are going to use the best materials available and are going to employ many Marylanders to get it done.”

Transportation leaders are wasting no time in getting the project going. Maryland Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, who is a former transportation engineer, said that preconstruction is already underway on both land and water, with demolition set to begin this spring.

“Soon Maryland’s first cable-stayed bridge will rise,” she said. A cable-stayed bridge is one in which the weight of the deck is supported by a number of cables running directly to one or more towers. The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge is a famous example in Charleston, South Carolina, and the Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed bridge. This type of bridge is typically cost-effective and allows for a faster construction time compared to other bridge types.

The design is indeed very nice. Interesting to see how the era of DOGE will affect the project.

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