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  • Someone fucked up

    Big time.

    https://www.naplesnews.com/story/new...dia/429262002/

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    AH... EXCUSE ME...HAS ANYONE SEEN THE BRIDGE? I'M JUST TRYIN TO FIND THE BRIDGE...

    WHERE'S THAT CONFOUNDED BRIDGE?
    "LIFE IS FULL OF 4TH AND 1 DECISIONS, CHOOSE YOUR NEXT CROSSROADS WISELY.

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    • #3
      Imagine being the engineer when you get that call. Yikes.
      "Listen to McCarthy" - Art Vandelay

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      • #4
        Originally posted by McCarthy12 View Post
        Imagine being the engineer when you get that call. Yikes.
        He'll blame the crew that installed it!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by McCarthy12 View Post
          Imagine being the engineer when you get that call. Yikes.
          A lot of things could have happened. A design flaw, not installed properly, materials used not up to spec., etc. or some combination of all three.

          Here's an interesting read on a major design flaw in a NYC skyscraper in midtown. The citicorp tower could easily had come down.

          http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2...kyscraper.html
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          • #6
            Word is it wasn't complete

            I'm not filled in on the story, but not sure if it was ready for use or not.
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            • #7
              I wonder if this will set back Accelerated Bridge Construction.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by RSE View Post
                I wonder if this will set back Accelerated Bridge Construction.
                Probably. It looks to me like that central vertical support probably snapped for some reason.

                But that cable stayed bridge design is pretty common these days. I can think of at least three highway bridges like that: Rt 1 in Delaware, Zakim bridge in Boston, and the recently opened new Kosciuszko bridge in NYC.

                Edit to add: And how could I forget the new Tappan Zee bridge is that type design as well.
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                • #9
                  NOW I KNOW WHERE THAT CONFOUNDED BRIDGE IS.
                  "LIFE IS FULL OF 4TH AND 1 DECISIONS, CHOOSE YOUR NEXT CROSSROADS WISELY.

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                  • #10
                    So something happened in Florida?
                    "If I was racist in my opinion of QB's, I wouldn't have a dog named Donovan." - downundermike

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                    • #11
                      Big news down here

                      Pictures reminded me of the San Fran earthquake that collapsed a 2 level road. Will be interested to see the cause of this tragedy.
                      "I could buy you." - The Village Idiot

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                      • #12
                        What cable?

                        It's a pedestrian walkway
                        Obscenity is the last refuge of an inarticulate motherfucker.

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                        • #13
                          Forget it ... I just looked at another picture and saw the crisscrossed cables between the "roof" and walkway.

                          From what I read it appears a temporary support underneath it didn't hold ... I'm a little surprised they put this shit up with traffic going underneath it ... someone fucked up indeed.
                          Obscenity is the last refuge of an inarticulate motherfucker.

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