Large barge crashes into arkansas river bridge pillar
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500 tons? Wow, I worked with plastic injector machines that weighed that much. They were huge, but inside (the smallest ones were 50 T)
The outer bumper makes them look stronger than they really are. They look like a big steel box but inside there's just a minimal amount of ribbing that is only supposed to take forces straight on. They're designed so that if they get loose in a flood and hit something, they'll crumple and sink.