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Level42:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/08/02/bridge.collapse/index.html


Sometimes, I hate being right !

ChadTower:

I'm surprised no one has suggested yet that it didn't just fall on its own.

Level42:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 02, 2007, 04:34:09 pm ---
I'm surprised no one has suggested yet that it didn't just fall on its own.

--- End quote ---
Wasn't it inspected that morning ?.............

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: Level42 on August 02, 2007, 04:46:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 02, 2007, 04:34:09 pm ---
I'm surprised no one has suggested yet that it didn't just fall on its own.

--- End quote ---
Wasn't it inspected that morning ?.............

--- End quote ---
The article you linked to says it was last inspected two years ago:
"Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Bridge Inventory database said the bridge was "structurally deficient."

The bridge received a rating of 4 on a scale of 0 to 9. A bridge receives a rating of 4 when there is "advanced section loss, deterioration.""

and the 2001 study suggested "that the design of bridge's main truss could cause a collapse if one of two support planes were to become cracked"

Sounds like it probably did fall on its own.

Level42:
My posting #27 was a bit of a nasty sarcasm on posting #21.....

Why don't politicians/governments ever listen to technicians ?? ??


We went on the Ducktours in Boston last September, and I told my wife I was glad we went safely under some big bridge there, you didn't have to be an expert to know the situation of that bridge when you looked under it

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