New I-244 Bridge

[heironymouspasparagus]

One of the things I have ranted about in the past - how we are in a screaming hurry to spend a bucket full of money on "new and improved", while completely ignoring the maintenance on what we already have.  (BOK center versus the Assembly center....and now that we spent that bucket of money, suddenly we CAN afford to do a paint and polish....)

Don't take that wrong - I am  glad we got the BOK.  Still wish we would have kept up the old one instead of letting it rot to "make a point"....

[Hoss]

One of the things I have ranted about in the past - how we are in a screaming hurry to spend a bucket full of money on "new and improved", while completely ignoring the maintenance on what we already have.  (BOK center versus the Assembly center....and now that we spent that bucket of money, suddenly we CAN afford to do a paint and polish....)

Don't take that wrong - I am  glad we got the BOK.  Still wish we would have kept up the old one instead of letting it rot to "make a point"....

The 'old one' isn't rotting.  We still have it.

http://www.coxcentertulsa.com/

And as someone who spend half his year at hockey games in 'the old one', I'm glad we got the new one AND renovated the old one.  Every game it seemed part of the ceiling was falling out in that building.  I mean hell, it was only 50 years old.   

[SXSW]

I was told it was protected against demolition (historic item) but the cost to rehab for even pedestrian use is way to high to even realistically consider.  Is that correct?

It was discussed here a few years ago. At that time it said it would cost $15 million to rehab the bridge for pedestrian/bike traffic.  How much are they spending on these LED-lit I-244 bridge trails? 

[rdj]

I have always been under the impression the multi-modal (pedestrian being one of the modes) aspect of the westbound bridge was why it received TIGER funds.

[heironymouspasparagus]

The 'old one' isn't rotting.  We still have it.

http://www.coxcentertulsa.com/

And as someone who spend half his year at hockey games in 'the old one', I'm glad we got the new one AND renovated the old one.  Every game it seemed part of the ceiling was falling out in that building.  I mean hell, it was only 50 years old.   

That's what I was getting at saying we CAN afford to do a paint and polish...now there is a new one, we fix up the old.  After using the bad condition of the old as a point of justification - we need "better" facility...

[Hoss]

That's what I was getting at saying we CAN afford to do a paint and polish...now there is a new one, we fix up the old.  After using the bad condition of the old as a point of justification - we need "better" facility...

Except that they've already renovated it.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Except that they've already renovated it.

Yep.  That's what I have heard.  Still haven't had a chance to go visit yet.  Was planning to on Chalk Festival day, but ran out of time after going to the Artist shop....

[BKDotCom]

This reddit comment begs for comment:

http://www.reddit.com/r/oklahoma/comments/24z3s1/what_the_heck_is_this_thing/chc5e72

[heironymouspasparagus]

This reddit comment begs for comment:

http://www.reddit.com/r/oklahoma/comments/24z3s1/what_the_heck_is_this_thing/chc5e72

It's a work of art for OKC.  They get all the good stuff!  Why didn't we get one?

I think they use it at the boathouse for lifting those rowing shells into the Oklahoma river....some of those get 6 or 8 people in them, so really need some heavy lift capability!!

[sgrizzle]

It's a work of art for OKC.  They get all the good stuff!  Why didn't we get one?

I think they use it at the boathouse for lifting those rowing shells into the Oklahoma river....some of those get 6 or 8 people in them, so really need some heavy lift capability!!

Either you're joking or I now have a better understanding of your other comments on here.

[rebound]

This reddit comment begs for comment:
http://www.reddit.com/r/oklahoma/comments/24z3s1/what_the_heck_is_this_thing/chc5e72

"Oklahoma City SkyDance Bridge was built prior to development of the MAPS 3 downtown park to avoid disrupting traffic once the new Interstate 40 opens.

Total cost for the pedestrian bridge is $5.8 million; $3.5 million came from ODOT funds and $2.3 million came from the 2000 and 2007 General Obligation Bond Authorizations."

http://www.okc.gov/skybridge/

[nathanm]

Looks like they only managed to build half of it.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Either you're joking or I now have a better understanding of your other comments on here.

Either you're joking or I now have a better understanding of your other comments on here....

[Conan71]

It's a work of art for OKC.  They get all the good stuff!  Why didn't we get one?

I think they use it at the boathouse for lifting those rowing shells into the Oklahoma river....some of those get 6 or 8 people in them, so really need some heavy lift capability!!

There are no six man rowing shells and with an eight, you just shoulder it and walk it to the water.  No big deal.

[heironymouspasparagus]

There are no six man rowing shells and with an eight, you just shoulder it and walk it to the water.  No big deal.

You guys gotta learn how to read 'inflection' into text...

I have watched them do that a couple of times, so yeah, those things 'look' like they weigh about 40 lbs.  It is just more fun to use that big ole crane to do the job...excess!!  Isn't that what our society is all about??

This would be an even better idea for a rowing shell crane.....if not quite as artistic!

http://stardate.org/astro-guide/gallery/rube-goldberg-meets-mars