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Posted on 09/19/2018 8:36:34 AM PDT by Gamecock
A rural politician in eastern Saskatchewan says he’s at a loss to explain why a newly built bridge collapsed just hours after opening.
But by 4:30 p.m. the same day, part of bridge deck had collapsed into the Swan River below.
“The company did not build a bridge to fall over. We sure didn’t buy a bridge to fall over,” Hicks said. “Nobody expected this.”
He received a call from the fire department soon after saying that the bridge went down.
Hicks suspects there may have been something under the bridge that let go which caused the collapse. He said he’s not blaming anyone, because he doesn’t know what happened.
The previous bridge had been in place for more than 50 years and Hicks estimates that 50 to 60 cars pass over it each day.
The bridge is mostly used by farmers, so Hicks said the municipality wanted the bridge completed in time for harvest.
Hicks, who has been the reeve for two years, said the bridge was built to Canadian standards and the municipality has been told it won’t be on the hook for the cost of repairs.
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Probably designed by the same geniuses who designed that pedestrian bridge in Florida.
I think I see the problem.
“Hicks suspects there may have been something under the bridge that let go which caused the collapse.”
That kind of cogent engineering analysis is something we should teach in school.
Built by Dems.
that looks like really crappy construction, sheeze, seriouisly that’s horrible
But it was built to Canadian standards!
Wasn’t even under load...
Is it my imagination,
or did the left pylon supports “settle”?
Not a resume enhancer for that construction company.
Best to look elsewhere for the next builders.
Hey Fred, did you put that truss bolt in?
Uhm yeah..................
Trolls. Count on it.
I want to hear the condemnation of the engineers who built this bridge....heard it about the Florida bridge collapse...
In spite of the damage, that bridge doesn’t look new.
That’s what I’m seeing
Piling assembly on viewers left did a bit of “accelerated settling”. Increased the span, section falls.
Ooopsie
We dont need no steenkin cofferdam! Just toss some some surge in there!
There’s no way that is completely new structure. The pilings look new but that bridge deck, girders, and railings look like they were existing. Looks like they just put new pilings under it.
The concept was sound. The execution was at fault. The two main portions of the pedestrian bridge was meant to be supported by cables from a central tower. They put up half of it counting on the rigidity of the span to be enough support until the second span and supporting cables could be put in place. They were horribly wrong with deadly consequences.
YEEE HAWWW!!!
You must be right. Patent trolls, in fact.
Detected some infringed technology, reclaimed it, and there you have it.
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