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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Then how do you explain the concrete abutment on the far side?
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A rather interesting question. Supports for the guardrails were driven in dirt - not driven through a bridge. Above the embankment and below pavement is dirt. So what is called a bridge may have been some type of tunnel. That explains why the nearside has no concrete abutment. But does not explain why the far side abutment is so high.
Meanwhile grass on the shoulder also implies the shoulder over the 'bridge' was dirt.
Maybe a bridge was once there and replaced by a pipe that was covered by dirt. Therefore someone replaced a bridge on the cheap apparent with a pipe that was too small.
Look closely at skid marks maybe 75 feet long. That trucker apparently knew something was wrong and tried to stop.