Bridge Collapse

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It is being reported as I type this that a brand new pedestrian bridge at FIU just collapsed. The bridge was just opened over the weekend.
 
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Actually the WEZ has posted all the tweets from people at the site and one member is actually working the tragedy and has give updates. Very sad and some bridge designers and builders should go to prison.
 
Even though bad engineering could be the issue, and seems likely, we don’t know anything yet. Anything’s possible including even bad/weak materials like concrete, joints, a bad installation, an inspection that didn’t catch something, who knows. Maybe something as simple as a bad calculation. Maybe not.

If I remember correctly there was a suspension bridge decades ago in the Pacific Northwest somwehere where they didn’t take into account the cascade and amplification of twisting and torsional forces created by heavy winds and it literally waved goodbye into Puget sound. It took years to figure out exactly what happened from a science and engineering standpoint. Fortunately, no one died.

This may be an easy determination. Or not. What’s certain is that it’s a human tragedy.
 
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