Except that anyone who lives around the big rivers knows crazy barge shit is an annual thing and bridge caissons are generally built strong enough to absorb a barge impact.

The barges themselves are pretty flimsy to begin with. They're only a little bit thicker than dumpsters and weigh in at 500 tons for the biggest ones. As you can see in this picture, they crumple like cardboard boxes.

Except that anyone who lives around the big rivers knows crazy barge shit is an annual thing and bridge caissons are generally built strong enough to absorb a barge impact.

The barges themselves are pretty flimsy to begin with. They're only a little bit thicker than dumpsters and weigh in at 500 tons for the biggest ones.

Except that anyone who lives around the big rivers knows crazy barge shit is an annual thing and bridge caissons are generally built strong enough to absorb a barge impact.

The barges themselves are built pretty flimsy to begin with. They're only a little bit thicker than dumpsters and weigh in at 500 tons for the biggest ones.

Except that anyone who lives around the big rivers knows crazy escaped barge shit is an annual thing and bridge caissons are generally built strong enough to absorb a barge impact.

The barges themselves are built pretty flimsy to begin with. They're only a little bit thicker than dumpsters and weigh in at 500 tons for the biggest ones.

Except that anyone who lives around the big rivers knows crazy escaped barge shit is an annual thing and bridge caissons are generally built strong enough to absorb a barge impact.

The barges themselves are built pretty flimsy to begin with. They're only a little bit thicker than dumpsters and weigh in at 500 tons for the biggest ones. That barge probably got bent in real good from that hit.

Except that anyone who lives around the big rivers knows crazy escaped barge shit is an annual thing and bridge caissons are generally built strong enough to absorb a barge impact.

The barges themselves are built pretty flimsy to begin with. They're only a little bit thicker than dumpsters and weigh in at 500 tons for the biggest ones. The barge probably got bent in real good from that hit.

Except that anyone who lives around the big rivers knows crazy escaped barge shit is an annual thing and bridge caissons are generally built strong enough to absorb a barge impact.