re: Baltimore bridge collapse brings up an important infrastructure topic

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Did the bridge collapse due to it being in bad condition or bc a huge boat crashed into a load bearing piling?

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100k+ tons moving at ~7.6 knots is a LOT of mass in motion. No manmade object is going to take that hot head-on without taking on lots of damage to itself.

The point of the post though is that this event is going to make people think about bridge infrastructure (at least until something else comes along to redirect media focus).