Which bridge was hit and collapsed in the 80s?
#1
Posted 14 June 2006 - 05:47 PM
#2
Posted 14 June 2006 - 07:07 PM
Did y'all hear about that "JOB" performed at the DTFW WAMU!!!
Could not believe what happened thereafter. All over THE TICKET AM Sports radio report:roflol:
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#3
Posted 14 June 2006 - 07:11 PM
#4
Posted 14 June 2006 - 09:20 PM
Also, for all you oldtimers like me - does anyone remember, before they redid the 20/35 interchange, the old RR overpass right there at Hemphill. Anyway on the cement support that held the RR bridge up, there was the imprint of the front of an MG, that had hit it so hard, it was like a stamp on the support. You had to know to look for it, but once you saw it, it was hard to miss. That would have been heading W on 20. I have no idea when the wreck happened, but it would have been mid '70s when I found out about it; right out of PHS going to TCJC at that point. I always swore I'd get a picture of it before they tore all the down, but never did.
#5
Posted 14 June 2006 - 09:59 PM
Speaking of cement imprints, around the mid to late 90s or so there were these 2 brothers that lived right there on the corner where River Oaks Blvd and White Settlement Rd merge. It's that house that has horses and some kind of steel arch on the gate with their last name on it, like Herrera I think. You can't miss it. Anyway, one of them had a nice Corvette and they were going out one night. They were driving at a high rate of speed going east on White Settlement Rd when they lost control in the curve right before the Trinity River bridge. The Vette smacked right into the cement divider and fell down below in that gap and was engulfed in flames. Both died. The wheel was imprinted in that divider on the bridge for a long time and I'd imagine it's still there, but I haven't been down that road in years. If you're going east bound(towards downtown) it's right on your left before you actually enter the bridge. I partied with one of the brothers before, older guy, but really nice. My kids' grandma dated the other years ago. They were pretty popular guys in the North Side, everybody liked them and they rode horses.
Safly, what are you talking about? "JOB" at DTFW WAMU?
#6
Posted 14 June 2006 - 10:15 PM
#7
Posted 14 June 2006 - 11:03 PM
http://www.stexasbiz...E/collapse.html
We went to South Padre in 2004 and you can see the sections where it was repaired, it turns into blacktop pavement in that section.
#8
Posted 14 June 2006 - 11:42 PM
Speaking of COLLAPSE.
Did y'all hear about that "JOB" performed at the DTFW WAMU!!!
Could not believe what happened thereafter. All over THE TICKET AM Sports radio report:roflol:
Man walked in to the DTFW WAMU and robbed it at around 3:30pm today (13th), then proceeded to a nearby WESTERN WEAR store to try on and purchase some clothes. THEN he proceeded to HOP ON the T bus heading South on Houston St.
Can't find him. HE GONE.
HILARIOUS STUFF here!!! I swear I am NOT making this up.
Wonder what OUTSIDERS think of our town now.
Rememberance of that "FUGITIVE" story in DTFW about 3 months ago.
Progress being made???
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#9
Posted 14 June 2006 - 11:48 PM
#10
Posted 15 June 2006 - 10:54 AM
WISE.
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#11
Posted 20 June 2006 - 10:32 PM
I don't feel sorry, but I do worry from time to time. Since my mother works for a SA bank, but good thing is that the personnel there don't carry the money. They do a voucher slip and go to a machine for deposits and debits. Seems like all the other banks surrounding them have gotten robbed at one point, but not them (knocking on wood).
WISE.
Yeah, Washington Mutuals are like that too. BTW safly, here's the result of that sunset robber story. http://www.dfw.com/m...fw/14863003.htm
#12
Posted 21 June 2006 - 08:25 PM
"Luther! Now that looked miiighty painful."- 48 Hours
That bank robber went from TRULY PIMP to a dumb horses ARSE in like a week.
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#13
Posted 03 December 2007 - 12:17 AM
I recall one of my teachers at TCJC had a photograph of that bridge collapse hanging on the wall of his office.
#14
Posted 03 January 2010 - 12:39 PM
I worked at Wedgwood Theater at the time. For 10 weeks every summer, we showed kids' movies at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
There was a theater in Arlington owned by the same company, Plitt Theaters, that owned Wedgwood.
Anyway, the projectionist would load the film on two big reels. I'd put those, and the film cans in my car and take them to the Arlington theater, which ran the movies the next day.
So, I'm driving up 20 to Arlington, and I see a ton of police and fire vehicles by the Campus Drive bridge there by, at the time, TCJC.
I pass by and see half the bridge on the freeway, and the back end of a woman's car crushed by the bridge. The woman was still in the car at the time. I didn't see any cars on top of the bridge, later learned there weren't any, but was thinking, "Oh my God! There's probably people and cars crushed under the bridge.
This was in the days before cell phones, of course.
So I drove on to Arlington and dropped the movie off. Told the people there about it. They looked at me kind of funny like they didn't believe, or understand what I was talking about.
Drove back to Wedgwood and told everybody there. Got a bunch of "Yeah right" looks and comments.
Fortunately, we got the Star Telegram at the theater, and this was when they still had a morning and evening edition.
Half an hour or so after I got back to Wedgwood, here came the evening paper, with a huge front-page photo of the collapsed bridge.
If I remember correctly, a tractor-trailer truck - don't remember what it was hauling - clipped one of the bridge posts, which made it fall on the woman's car. Neither the truck driver or the woman were hurt so far as I remember. All the traffic behind the woman was far enough back that they were able to stop in front of the bridge and, miraculously, there were no cars crossing the bridge at the time.
I was taking a summer class at Tic Jic at the time. Had to use an alternate route to get to the school for a few months until they repaired the bridge.
#15
Posted 03 January 2010 - 04:04 PM
I worked at Wedgwood Theater at the time. For 10 weeks every summer, we showed kids' movies at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
There was a theater in Arlington owned by the same company, Plitt Theaters, that owned Wedgwood.
Anyway, the projectionist would load the film on two big reels. I'd put those, and the film cans in my car and take them to the Arlington theater, which ran the movies the next day.
So, I'm driving up 20 to Arlington, and I see a ton of police and fire vehicles by the Campus Drive bridge there by, at the time, TCJC.
I pass by and see half the bridge on the freeway, and the back end of a woman's car crushed by the bridge. The woman was still in the car at the time. I didn't see any cars on top of the bridge, later learned there weren't any, but was thinking, "Oh my God! There's probably people and cars crushed under the bridge.
This was in the days before cell phones, of course.
So I drove on to Arlington and dropped the movie off. Told the people there about it. They looked at me kind of funny like they didn't believe, or understand what I was talking about.
Drove back to Wedgwood and told everybody there. Got a bunch of "Yeah right" looks and comments.
Fortunately, we got the Star Telegram at the theater, and this was when they still had a morning and evening edition.
Half an hour or so after I got back to Wedgwood, here came the evening paper, with a huge front-page photo of the collapsed bridge.
If I remember correctly, a tractor-trailer truck - don't remember what it was hauling - clipped one of the bridge posts, which made it fall on the woman's car. Neither the truck driver or the woman were hurt so far as I remember. All the traffic behind the woman was far enough back that they were able to stop in front of the bridge and, miraculously, there were no cars crossing the bridge at the time.
I was taking a summer class at Tic Jic at the time. Had to use an alternate route to get to the school for a few months until they repaired the bridge.
Very interesting, thanks for replying. I cannot find pics anywhere or even an article on Google or in The Star Telegram archives. All that has come up in Google is this topic.
#16
Posted 08 March 2010 - 02:04 PM
Speaking of cement imprints, around the mid to late 90s or so there were these 2 brothers that lived right there on the corner where River Oaks Blvd and White Settlement Rd merge. It's that house that has horses and some kind of steel arch on the gate with their last name on it, like Herrera I think. You can't miss it. Anyway, one of them had a nice Corvette and they were going out one night. They were driving at a high rate of speed going east on White Settlement Rd when they lost control in the curve right before the Trinity River bridge. The Vette smacked right into the cement divider and fell down below in that gap and was engulfed in flames. Both died. The wheel was imprinted in that divider on the bridge for a long time and I'd imagine it's still there, but I haven't been down that road in years. If you're going east bound(towards downtown) it's right on your left before you actually enter the bridge. I partied with one of the brothers before, older guy, but really nice. My kids' grandma dated the other years ago. They were pretty popular guys in the North Side, everybody liked them and they rode horses.
Safly, what are you talking about? "JOB" at DTFW WAMU?
My wifes best friends dad! Conrad Herrera! Real sad story!! They still own the house on Riveroaks Blvd!
Best believe I aint going no where!!
#17
Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:14 PM
That's right! I work right down the road from their house. Right after the accident I was at my uncle's and somebody related to them came by and showed us something he recovered from the accident site. It was a black aluminum Corvette flashlight and it was all scratched up. Also, back in the early 90s when I was in a band(Suave Band) our bass player's wife was related to them, either their cousin or sister, Patsy or Patty.
Back then(early 90s) my dad was having an affair with this woman and while I was at my friend's house who lives on the edge of Stockyards the brothers showed up there with that woman. It was at this time I found out who she was cause she knew everything about me and my family. They had been partying and dancing out in Stockyards that night. And let's just say we partied till the sun came up. I was a teenager at the time so when Conrad actually spent the time to converse with me I thought it was pretty cool since most older people ignore teens.
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