City Island FDNY Apparatus Weight Bridge Test

[Viper 139]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Department of Transportation used fire trucks and other heavy equipment in a series of tests to determine the structural integrity of a temporary bridge connecting City Island to the rest of the Bronx.

[CaptainCharisma 34]

They are using brand new apparatus and firefighters lives to test this bridge?!?

[Jybehofd 85]

honestly doesn't look anything like a load test... looks more like a slow parade.

now thats a load test

http://www.iowadot.gov/research/pdf/newsmarch2010.pdf