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Florida International University Bridge Collapses, Cars Underneath
miami.cbslocal.com ^ | 03/15/2018 | Staff

Posted on 03/15/2018 11:32:16 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: mewzilla

The guy on ABC was saying this job was rushed and things were not done properly.


381 posted on 03/15/2018 2:00:09 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: BunnySlippers
The guy on ABC was saying this job was rushed and things were not done properly.

Gee, ya think?

382 posted on 03/15/2018 2:00:47 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BunnySlippers

...both firms involved had numerous safety issues (fines) violations where workers were injured


383 posted on 03/15/2018 2:03:55 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: servo1969

“This bridge is not just someplace to someplace else,” Rosenberg said.
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About to become SOME NEW KIND OF SOMEPLACE ELSE. I guess they can tear it down now and build a memorial there.

[Can’t wait to hear some self-righteous @$$ talk about how it is about globull-warming, and since the bridge collapsed on evil cars that pollute we should all realize that this is justified.]


384 posted on 03/15/2018 2:04:20 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: BunnySlippers
Figg ‘stunned’ by FIU bridge collapse
385 posted on 03/15/2018 2:04:58 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Reno89519

Political connections probably explain this:
Now the Miami-based firm, owned by six brothers, is playing a bit part in a national saga: the investigation of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.


386 posted on 03/15/2018 2:08:17 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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To: shotgun
What’s “X”...damn algebra. /s

Here ya go.

y=mx+b

y-b=mx

x=(y-b)/m

387 posted on 03/15/2018 2:08:53 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (This account has been banned or suspended.)
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To: Red Badger
Point of failure, minimal support.  photo Capturebridge - Copy_zpsz8rdimqo.jpg
388 posted on 03/15/2018 2:10:16 PM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: steve86

I didn’t see any shoring in any photos or videos of the bridge when it was installed. Someone must have figured that the structure was self supporting under just its own weight - incorrectly.


389 posted on 03/15/2018 2:10:49 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: DannyTN

Scotty rules!


390 posted on 03/15/2018 2:11:12 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: PapaBear3625

You are correct. The bridge supports do not appear to have been constructed yet. Yet some idiot decided to put an unsupported concrete span over an active highway.
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WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? These things aren’t supposed to last forever. They got 100 hours of trouble-free service from this.


391 posted on 03/15/2018 2:11:26 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: DaxtonBrown

IOW, if you want your bridge to support up to 10,000 people, you design and build it to support 25,000 people?


392 posted on 03/15/2018 2:14:12 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: mewzilla
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393 posted on 03/15/2018 2:14:19 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: BunnySlippers

Yep he said something about the crane doing something above the bridge. Something about they were tightening the cables. He was not very clear. Yet he presented himself as someone who was involved with the bridge project. Someone in the know. He said they never should have been doing what they were doing with traffic underneath.


394 posted on 03/15/2018 2:14:23 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Professional Engineer

Thanks for the slope equation. What type of engineering discipline do you practice? I’m Professional Engineer as well, Civil, but stay away from structural.


395 posted on 03/15/2018 2:16:28 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: Red Badger

Wonder if any of that substandard Chinese steel was used in that bridge?


396 posted on 03/15/2018 2:17:28 PM PDT by Cats Pajamas
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To: Cats Pajamas

It was a new design, no steel.............


397 posted on 03/15/2018 2:20:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Spktyr
Pretty massive shoring shown in place during placement from FIU published photo of four days ago. Lot of heavy steel cribbing to distribute load to roadway below. Wonder if they remained in place before crushing cars during the collapse.


398 posted on 03/15/2018 2:20:36 PM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Cats Pajamas

Interesting that Sen Nelson of Floriduh acts like a complete blithering idiot in the Senate and yet he can get in front of a TV camera giving out unconfirmed information so fast he leaves skid marks! Schumer better watch out..,.he has competition!/S


399 posted on 03/15/2018 2:21:36 PM PDT by MagUSNRET
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To: mewzilla
A witness on FNC seems to be saying at least a couple of construction workers have been injured...

There's a truck under the mess that has a company logo on the door ... Structural something. It's crushed.

400 posted on 03/15/2018 2:23:24 PM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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