Posted on 03/15/2018 2:07:05 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: 'Up to 10' people crushed to death as 950-ton pedestrian bridge collapses on top of cars and pedestrians on Florida college campus - just five days after it was installed
Up to 10 people have been killed when a newly installed pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday.
US Senator Bill Nelson of Florida told local TV station CBS Miami that between six to 10 people died.
The 174-foot 'instant bridge' hailed as a feat of engineering and safety, was installed Saturday morning but was not due to open to the public until 2019.
At least six injured people were taken away from the scene and eight vehicles were trapped in the bridge wreckage, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said in an interview with CBS Miami.
One person was suffering from cardiac arrest, Gimenez said.
Television images captured from helicopter show numerous cars crushed by the weight of the bridge.
Images also show a number of emergency rescue workers crawling along the rubble in an attempt to spot survivors.
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Gosh, if only the government had permitting and inspections to ensure sound building practices or something. /sarc
Chinese garbage steel AND illegals doing the construction.
I’m curious about whether they were stress testing or post tensioning the bridge. Concrete beams are designed to be supported only at the ends at specific places, otherwise they will crack. The bridge didn’t look like it was steel.
wow
“Construction of the bridge cost $14million, which was paid for by the federal government”
That dinky little thing cost $14 million? And why did the federal government pay it?
Threw it up in six hours, and are no doubt astounded that it fell down.
Wonder how many illegals worked on it.
Did Harland and Wolff, build this bridge?
The investigation of this will be just as informative as the investigation of the Vegas shooting...
Yes, yes, no I’m guessing.
The contractor has standard limits on his insurance of $1-$2 million. The university will take most of the heat.
This is a mini-version of sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage. Except this bridge hadn't even left the "dock" yet before it sank.
Engineered for safety, huh? Major epic fail.
Has anybody blamed Trump yet for fewer regulations?
FIGG and Munilla Construction, the two companies that collaborated on the bridge, expressed sorrow
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If it federal money in it then the steel should be made in the USA. That’s a big clause in the specifications. If they used imported steel then any portion of the work that incorporated the foreign steel woul not be eligible for cost reimbursement from the feds. Basically they can use it but not get paid for it.
Looks like they were stopped for the light.
That does not look engineered very well to begin with.
It looks way to week for the length and width.
I suspect some engineering firm is going out of business.
And (hopefully) whatever politician were paid off to pick them.
They didn’t need to make the title so descriptive.p1
It wasn’t built in 6 hours. It was built off to the side and after completion rotated 90 degrees and rolled into place on the supports that were already built. This is a very common way to build certain types of bridges, even over rivers, since the last dozen years. Nothing inherently wrong with the rolling it into place, in, and of, itself.
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