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re: Pedestrian Bridge Collapses at FIU
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:48 pm to the Kingfish
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:48 pm to the Kingfish
Good god, that reminds me of the Cypress Freeway collapse during the Loma Prieta earthquake. The lucky ones felt nothing.
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Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:48 pm to NorthEndZone
Not good at all.
This post was edited on 3/15/18 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:48 pm to NorthEndZone
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This post was edited on 3/15/18 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:49 pm to tylercsbn9
Except for a totalled truck and a pair of seriously ruined pants, the guy in the pickup is one helluva lucky SOB.
The rest? Not so sure. Doesn't look good.
The rest? Not so sure. Doesn't look good.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:51 pm to DemonKA3268
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:54 pm to CarRamrod
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CarRamrod
think you may need to relocate to florida.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:55 pm to TheBlueShed
I didn't realize it was right next to a stop light, thought it was over a highway.
That means there could have been a dozen or more vehicles just sitting there when it collapsed.
frick.
That means there could have been a dozen or more vehicles just sitting there when it collapsed.
frick.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:55 pm to tylercsbn9
After some big earthquakes in out here in Calif, I try not to stop underneath overpasses. Too many of them collapsed. Not a big fan of the tunnel that goes under LAX either.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:55 pm to TH03
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Did they have literal retards planning it?
Probably Aggies
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:56 pm to mtntiger
Figg & Mueller have been designing post tension span bridges since the 70’s.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:56 pm to bowlbound
how do you avoid that on the bay bridge?
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:57 pm to tylercsbn9
damn that's terrible
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:58 pm to Sasquatch Smash
According to the artist's rendering of the completed project, it was supposed to be a suspension bridge of some kind.
Engineers, help me out. Aren't the suspension supports supposed to be put in first in order to support the span as it is installed?
From the media release, it sounds like they were trying a new method that obviously did not work.
Just terrible.
Engineers, help me out. Aren't the suspension supports supposed to be put in first in order to support the span as it is installed?
From the media release, it sounds like they were trying a new method that obviously did not work.
Just terrible.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 1:59 pm to the Kingfish
Looks to me that, from the rendering of the final condition (shown in the news article) that the structure relied on a cable stayed type support. That portion of the structure had not yet been installed. I believe that the structure needed temporary shoring and it was overlooked.
Figg Engineering is very well known and normally highly respected firm. They have designed some very complex and much larger structures than this.
Figg Engineering is very well known and normally highly respected firm. They have designed some very complex and much larger structures than this.
This post was edited on 3/15/18 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 3/15/18 at 2:00 pm to BourreTheDog
quote:yea but have they designed one on a single center truss?
Figg & Mueller have been designing post tension span bridges since the 70’s.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 2:00 pm to MorbidTheClown
quote:really makes me queezy.
think you may need to relocate to florida.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 2:01 pm to tylercsbn9
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Video of aftermath
Could you imagine seeing that if you knew a loved one was inside one of those cars?
I mean, it's got me choked up and I don't know them. Maybe their families don't even know yet.
This post was edited on 3/15/18 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 3/15/18 at 2:02 pm to the Kingfish
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174 feet long- Was put in place on March 10, 2018.- Weight - 950 tons- Largest pedestrian bridge move via Self-Propelled Modular Transportation, in U.S. history, according to senior project manager Rodrigo Isaza, from MCM, which partnered with FIGG Bridge Engineers to design and build the bridge.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 2:03 pm to mtntiger
quote:thats not a suspension bridge. it looks like a center truss with post tensioned flanges. I dont like the center truss.... that could be very susceptible to torsion.
Aren't the suspension supports supposed to be put in first in order to support the span as it is installed?
Lol at the down votes. That is still not a suspension bridge.
This post was edited on 3/15/18 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 3/15/18 at 2:04 pm to CarRamrod
USA Today reports 7 cars under the bridge. If there is any good news, the bridge was not open to pedestrians yet.
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