NTSB: Wrong Estimate of Crane Height Leads to Bridge Contact
March 23, 2023
March 23, 2023
WASHINGTON, March 23 (TNSrpt) -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release:
An incorrect estimate of a crane's boom height led to contact with the Houma Twin Span Bridge last year in Houma, Louisiana, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
On March 6, 2022, the towing vessel Robert Cenac was transiting the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, pushing the crane barge Mr. Dawg and another deck barge. While attempting to pass beneat . . .
An incorrect estimate of a crane's boom height led to contact with the Houma Twin Span Bridge last year in Houma, Louisiana, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
On March 6, 2022, the towing vessel Robert Cenac was transiting the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, pushing the crane barge Mr. Dawg and another deck barge. While attempting to pass beneat . . .