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Companies behind Florida bridge collapse have history of fines, failures, lawsuits | Fox News
I'm sure most of the world is aware of this awful failure by now.
But my question is, how did this happen? I know it may take months of going through the rubble to find out or we may never know. The bridge weighed 950 tons and spanned a 7 lane highway. It was made on the side of the road and then moved into place. Everything seemed to be fine and then it collapsed five days later.
What do you think happened? This was just a pedestrian bridge that wasn't even in use yet. It's not like it was overloaded.
Concrete wasn't fully cured? Tension cables weren't tightened sufficiently (as I have read in other articles)? Got too cute with trying to make the bridge pretty? Cutting corners in construction? Didn't design it strong enough in efforts to save money? Didn't account for wind load?
I've seen some engineering failures, but this one happened so soon I'm puzzled by it.
I'm sure most of the world is aware of this awful failure by now.
But my question is, how did this happen? I know it may take months of going through the rubble to find out or we may never know. The bridge weighed 950 tons and spanned a 7 lane highway. It was made on the side of the road and then moved into place. Everything seemed to be fine and then it collapsed five days later.
What do you think happened? This was just a pedestrian bridge that wasn't even in use yet. It's not like it was overloaded.
Concrete wasn't fully cured? Tension cables weren't tightened sufficiently (as I have read in other articles)? Got too cute with trying to make the bridge pretty? Cutting corners in construction? Didn't design it strong enough in efforts to save money? Didn't account for wind load?
I've seen some engineering failures, but this one happened so soon I'm puzzled by it.