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Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:02 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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The Daily Mail has some superb photographs:
Before it fell, a video of one of the piers falling, more on the engineer who said there was a problem, that it was locally called the Wobbly Bridge, and a photo of a sister bridge in Venezuela that had a partial collapse several years ago.
Oh, don't forget the driver of the green truck who just got to be the luckiest man still alive.
The Daily Mail has some superb photographs:
Before it fell, a video of one of the piers falling, more on the engineer who said there was a problem, that it was locally called the Wobbly Bridge, and a photo of a sister bridge in Venezuela that had a partial collapse several years ago.
Oh, don't forget the driver of the green truck who just got to be the luckiest man still alive.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:04 pm to OysterPoBoy
Damn I went to Italy 10 years ago...could have been me.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:05 pm to real turf fan
quote:Any bridge built by the guy who designed them should immediately be torn down.
Before it fell, a video of one of the piers falling, more on the engineer who said there was a problem, that it was locally called the Wobbly Bridge, and a photo of a sister bridge in Venezuela that had a partial collapse several years ago.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:06 pm to real turf fan
Daily Mail is a questionable news source but they always have some of the best photographs for whatever reason
I know nothing of whatever type of engineering this is, but those supports look rather spindly for a bridge of that size
I know nothing of whatever type of engineering this is, but those supports look rather spindly for a bridge of that size
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:06 pm to Brinner
30 people lost their lives and the OT jokes about it
Shame on some of you.
Shame on some of you.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:08 pm to emanresu
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Unless you are contrnding that all of the still-standing Roman arches have withstood lightening strikes, this is somewhat irrelevant.
They probably have... but they aren't steel-reinforced, so it really is pretty irrelevant.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:15 pm to DemonKA3268
This hits close to home. I once drove over that bridge.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:22 pm to DemonKA3268
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exact cause of the collapse was unclear
I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess the bridge was poorly maintained and not structurally sound
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:28 pm to VABuckeye
My sister was actually just in Italy 3 weeks ago
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:30 pm to deltaland
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I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess the bridge was poorly maintained and not structurally sound
If it really was struck by lightning right before collapsing, I'll go with improperly grounded.
Lightning strikes that main support tower, isn't grounded properly, immediately the electric current is transferred to the reinforcing steel instead of to the ground. The reinforcing steel superheats and expands, cracking the concrete, which causes the whole tower to fail, it collapses, and takes the roadway with it in both directions until the next supports.
Just a theory.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:30 pm to deltaland
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My sister was actually just in Italy 3 weeks ago
Genoa, it could have been her.
This post was edited on 8/14/18 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:34 pm to VABuckeye
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Genoa, it could have been her.
I read this as "Genoa? I hardly know her."
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:51 pm to DemonKA3268
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causing them to plunge nearly 300 feet to the ground
Excellent journalism.
RIP to those folks. One of my biggest nightmares.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:57 pm to Sun God
quote:Yep, mine too. Nowhere to go but down with it.
One of my biggest nightmares.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 1:02 pm to DemonKA3268
So 300 feet. 90ish mph at impact.
Technically, you could live through that.
You'll only wish you were dead.
Technically, you could live through that.
You'll only wish you were dead.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 1:05 pm to X123F45
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Technically, you could live through that.
Well, some people did.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 1:07 pm to DemonKA3268
Had good Italian wood, and good Italian steel,
They said she'd never go down.
They said she'd never go down.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 1:07 pm to real turf fan
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That an observer said he saw a lightening strike on the bridge and then the collapse....in a major storm... as my husband said: roman arches still are standing today.
This bridge was built in the 60s and Brunel's bridges and tunnels built in 1850s in Great Britain are still in use.
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It's not the age of the bridge but it might be the materials used or misused.
This post was edited on 8/14/18 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 8/14/18 at 1:15 pm to Pettifogger
quote:well it is bridge engineering.
I know nothing of whatever type of engineering this is
quote:you know nothing Pettifogger.
those supports look rather spindly for a bridge of that size
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