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Old 08-02-2007, 02:43 PM
ArlJim78 ArlJim78 is offline
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Originally Posted by Danzig
seems the bridge was bumper to bumper, and a train passed underneath at the same time...construction work had been ongoing, but supposedly not anything having to do with weight bearing. the bridge had been inspected in '05, and was found to be structurally deficient, scoring a 50 out of 120. i think this will be a case of old bridge, more traffic than it was built to withstand at the time of construction, and most likely with materials that wouldn't be used in this day and age, and then add in bumper to bumper with a full load sitting on the bridge. too much at one time, catastrophic failure.
I think in addition to that, we're going to find out that this was not a good design, and I think that is the key point.
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