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.

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