Matty Moroun's company to build 'Bridge-on-Demand' floating bridge
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"The Bridge-on-Demand system is the ultimate solution to providing redundancy in the face of a crisis," said Dan Stamper, DIBC president. "Its mobility will allow for secure land-based storage, where the Bridge-on-Demand system can be called upon for deployment across the Detroit River, or anywhere else across the nation in very short order."
http://www.freep.com/article/2010072...loating-bridge
WTF? I'm sure it will be stored in Riverside Park.
I would think that the river is too wide and the current is too fast for this type of bridge, but I'm not an engineer.
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Bill Shreck, director of communications for MDOT, was unimpressed by plans for a floating bridge.
"They bring it up periodically but never produce it," Shreck said.
I'm sure the Mrooun "floated" this out there to quiet the "redundancy" crowd.
http://detroitnews.com/article/20100...ergency-bridge