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BREAKING: Motorway bridge COLLAPSES – dozens of motorists feared dead as cars plunge 100m
Daily Star (UK) ^ | August 14 | Charlotte Ikonen

Posted on 08/14/2018 4:12:54 AM PDT by PghBaldy

The Morandi Bridge has collapsed in the northern Italian city of Genoa.

The bridge, a part of the A10 motorway, is about 100 metres tall, Italian media say.

There are unconfirmed reports that cars may have been involved.

Photographs from the scene show huge sections of rubble on the ground underneath the middle of the bridge.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bridge; genoa; italy; morandi; morandibridge
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To: Fai Mao
It could just be poor maintenance or faulty engineering but, I’m blaming Muslims until proven otherwise.

I was going to ask if there are any mosques nearby. 😊

21 posted on 08/14/2018 4:52:00 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: Mark17

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6058937/Huge-section-highway-bridge-collapses-Genoa.html


22 posted on 08/14/2018 4:57:58 AM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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Genoa looks like a dump.


23 posted on 08/14/2018 4:58:20 AM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: freedumb2003

I don’t recall ever seeing a bridge built over buildings before. Italy has earthquakes so it doesn’t make any sense to do so.

Prayers for all involved.


24 posted on 08/14/2018 5:00:03 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Fai Mao

>>When a bridge fails it seems to me that it would not fail in such a catastrophic manner. One end or the other but not he length of the span. The center pylons everything is gone. It looks, to my untrained eye that it was blown up<<

That hasn’t occurred to me at all.

We should know THAT pretty soon this AM. Ay engineer should be able to determine that in a few minutes or even seconds.

For this kind of thing I have learned to wait until some info is available.


25 posted on 08/14/2018 5:00:51 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Trump is such a liar. He said we'd be tired from all this winning" (/dfwgator 7/27/18))
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To: robowombat

>>‘The missing section is dozens of metres in length.
The bridge has been closed to traffic.’

Gee pretty obvious the bridge is closed to traffic for a long long time.<<

I saw that too. Can you imagine: “The bridge, although incomplete, remains open.”


26 posted on 08/14/2018 5:02:18 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Trump is such a liar. He said we'd be tired from all this winning" (/dfwgator 7/27/18))
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To: Fai Mao

There were flashes at the beginning of the video.

Not sure what that was.


27 posted on 08/14/2018 5:02:24 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: Celerity
Re: flashes

Lightning storms in Genoa today

28 posted on 08/14/2018 5:04:08 AM PDT by 11th_VA (Only MS-13 and Democrats want ICE Abolished)
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To: freedumb2003

It might not take a very big bomb if placed right to cause a tremendous amount of damage in a pre-stressed concrete structure.


29 posted on 08/14/2018 5:04:36 AM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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To: 11th_VA
Western Civilization is falling apart ...

Troo dat FRiend.

Darkness comes.

30 posted on 08/14/2018 5:08:46 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: wbarmy
It looks like the two main pillars (struts?) are gone. How the heck did that happen? How could that happen?

The pillars appear to be poured concrete. Concrete is only strong in compression. As soon as any side load is placed on those pillars, they crumble.

As to the flashes, my speculation is that like most bridges, they make a handy place to run power, water, and/or gas lines from one side to the other, so the flashes could be high tension power lines being snapped by the collapsing bridge.

Given the age and construction materials involved, I think you'll find that when the failure analysis is completed, it was a weakened concrete pylon that failed, not a terrorist attack.

31 posted on 08/14/2018 5:10:29 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Fai Mao

From Drudge:

https://metro.co.uk/2018/08/14/huge-motorway-bridge-collapses-onto-houses-italy-trapping-people-7837360/

This report describes a storm as the cause.


32 posted on 08/14/2018 5:10:38 AM PDT by sodpoodle (an old female prairie dog;))
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To: yesthatjallen; Cvengr
There appear to be a couple quick flashes at the beginning of the video.

I saw them too. I will believe it was a terrorist attack, until it can be proven otherwise. If the government says it was not a terrorist attack, then I believe it was a terrorist attack.

33 posted on 08/14/2018 5:10:51 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: wbarmy
"It looks like the two main pillars (struts?) are gone."

Piers. And transoms rest on the piers and provide bearing for the beams.


34 posted on 08/14/2018 5:11:11 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: PghBaldy

It doesn’t look like the incident involved any shots. Looks like bad engineering.


35 posted on 08/14/2018 5:12:47 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: PghBaldy

Twitter search of “Genoa” https://twitter.com/search?q=genoa&src=typd


36 posted on 08/14/2018 5:13:23 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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‘Dozens dead’ after motorway bridge collapses during violent storm in Italy

https://metro.co.uk/2018/08/14/huge-motorway-bridge-collapses-onto-houses-italy-trapping-people-7837360/


37 posted on 08/14/2018 5:13:49 AM PDT by sodpoodle (an old female prairie dog;))
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To: PghBaldy

DW News (German news) says 11 people dead.


38 posted on 08/14/2018 5:15:23 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: sodpoodle

Must have been a cat walking over the bridge during a thunderstorm. The resulting resonance can cause it to come down - or so I’m told.


39 posted on 08/14/2018 5:16:14 AM PDT by 11th_VA (Only MS-13 and Democrats want ICE Abolished)
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To: PghBaldy

Scary situation.


40 posted on 08/14/2018 5:17:01 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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