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re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed - container ship wrecked into it
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:36 pm to DeoreDX
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:36 pm to DeoreDX
IMO the bridge up to the channel span would be standard concrete span, piling to piling. The tough engineering and design would be how they span the ship channel.
What’s hard to believe with a design that fragile, there were no bollards protecting it.
What’s hard to believe with a design that fragile, there were no bollards protecting it.
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Posted on 3/28/24 at 4:03 pm to XenScott
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What’s hard to believe with a design that fragile, there were no bollards protecting it.
The design is only fragile in the context of what happened. That ship had a dead weight tonnage of 116,000 tons. That weight moving at 8 knots is going to obliterate just about anything; it's not something that will ever be designed for save in the bollards that should have been there.
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