Jackson Jambalaya

There are weight limit signs on both ends. Get out your check-book Bubba.

They're going to need a few rolls of duck tape to fix that!

Is Natchez the nearest hospital?

Darwin Award has been locked up.

It won't buff out.

“Hello. I need to speak with someone in Claims, please.”

Billy Bob, hold my beer and watch this!

Who ever said that a well drilling rig can't do a wheelie?

Antar has a relative.

reminds me of a missile strike in Ukraine.

Will be interesting to see how they get that rig out of there and what side of the river they take it out on.

I asked on the other article about the bridge collapse, I will ask here, also, who has legal control of that bridge?

Take a look at the piling on the right side of the bridge. It has sunk. This may not be all of his fault so everyone just hold on. Snap on the picture and zoom in and look at it.

There are weight limit signs on both ends. Get out your check-book Bubba.

Post those photos...Bubba.

30 years ago the list of unsafe bridges in Mississippi was in the 100's.
At least in Jackson, there's been some attention given to trying to repair a few for the first time in memory.

@1:32 PM - when you exceed the rated weight for a bridge and a piling collapses it's likely your fault.

It sure is funny (not!) that we pay an awful lot of fuel tax but get nothing in return for our investment. I have no problem if the state wants to raise the fuel tax but at least use it for what it’s intended for. This bridge is indicative of how the city of jackson has operated since 1997 when the last competent administration was in control. We didn’t have this issue back then. The State Highway department as it used to be known as was once run by people who took pride in their work but they had no idea that their designs were well below standards of what it takes to operate equipment to handle loads of this nature. But the strange thing is, workover rigs have been used for over 70 years and that’s what is confusing as to why bridges were built using designs that weren’t sufficient. We as a modern society must think forward as what our needs will be in the next 50 years and plan for that. We aren’t using our intelligence as we should. The driver of the rig cannot be blamed fully for this accident, because he was more than likely not aware of the condition of the bridge. There is no telling how many times he has crossed over bridges like this, but His employer knew the risk yet he rolled the dice. What I’m saying is don’t blame the man who drove the rig, yet he has a responsibility to know the DOT laws.

12:43, the inspection report lists the owner as “County Highway Agency” so Wilkinson County owns and is responsible for it. It is not on a State Aid Route. Wilkinson County has 74 bridges, 36 of which are on State Aid routes, but this one is not.

1:32, if this equipment is overweight as stated on the signage, the blame game is over, regardless of the current conditions of anything to do with the bridge.

Not Woodville but Fort Adams. Woodville is 22 miles to the east.

He almost made it

These look like clean breaks, the panels could possibly be salvaged and with the right equipment this could be fixed in a few months.

January 1, 2023 at 2:55 PM, thank you for the answer. I was curious as to what entity would be seeking restitution for damages.

Are workover rigs not as heavy as drilling rigs?

Did anyone get hurt?

12:43,it's on a County road. Under control of the board of supervisors. Probably condemned within the past few years like many others throughout the state, but allowed to stay open due to the fact that it provided the only access to the area. There was once two access routes, but the other at the North end of Lake Mary was washed away many years ago.

Ol Red H. may take a hit on this one. IF this was his equipment, his employee and his job that this equipment and driver were en route to.

Ooops!

I’m wondering myself if it is a Hancock rig. Remember they had 6 workers involved in an explosion in July of 2022 in Madison County.

1/1, 2:54, the rig driver is fully responsible; he saw the posted signs, knew what his rig weighed, but chose to drive over the bridge anyway (if the county failed to actually put up the posted signs then that adds a level of complexity). The rig owner, prior to bidding the job, should have referenced online maps of weight limited bridges and taken that into consideration. Also, there’s no reason to disparage MDOT. Their engineers certainly know what they are designing for and take into consideration future needs for interstate and state routes. However, at the county level, especially on non-State Aid routes, it’s a whole different ballgame. A bridge might be designed by the county engineer using State Aid bridge standards or it might be “designed” and built by a road crew using materials from the county boneyard, or something in between. Or, a properly built bridge might be repaired with no engineering input. Most counties in Mississippi are forced into this situation by inadequate funding.

Hancock does not own any rigs. This Workover rig belongs to Delta out of Vidalia. It is a sister company to D&D Drilling.

Somebody send this to Rick and Marty Lagina….they may want to buy it to look for that non existent gold and whatever at Oak Island. Drilling Down Boys!!