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Grass8989 t1_japqet8 wrote

Reply to comment by ThreeLittlePuigs in SHOCKER: Mayor's private BQE meeting could divide Brooklyn politicians by psychothumbs

I doubt it’s making a noticeable difference, like you said, 18 wheelers are just sitting in stop and go traffic on the cantilever section way more than they did when it was 3 lanes. Atleast they used to only be on it for a brief period of time (barring any accident of construction).

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ThreeLittlePuigs t1_japqu9o wrote

Yeah I literally have no clue. I feel like that’s an easy question for a structural engineer or likely someone better at high school physics than my dumb ass

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don-mage t1_jaqmcth wrote

Did they close the outer most lane? If so, weight on the farthest end of the cantilever will induce more moment and stress on the support.

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kwyjibo555 t1_jas4jag wrote

They technically closed it, but practically it's still a driving lane to countless cars that use it as a lane still because of 0 enforcement

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Grass8989 t1_japslze wrote

Indeed, not sure why they’re dragging their feet repairing it.

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b1argg t1_jargm0f wrote

The cantilever section itself moves pretty well because it's after the bottleneck caused by the reduction. The backups are before the cantilever.

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