re: Ya might try reading the entire post.......

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Maybe it was an accident. These kinds of accidents do happen. And, I'm far from a shipping expert. But, seems to me that if the ship had any control at all, the space without support structure was awfully large for it to still manage a direct hit.

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Something I think is somewhat negligent is the absence of any collision barriers around the bridge supports. This isn't the first bridge to have an ocean going vessel strike a pier supporting the bridge and causing catastrophic damages. There should be collision abutments around the support piers for every bridge that has barge and large vessels passing under them.