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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: Red Badger

Looks like the Nimitz Freeway after the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.


21 posted on 03/15/2018 11:37:25 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Formerly SandyInSeattle cuz I moved!)
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To: Paradox

I guess they won’t be using that approach again anytime soon. Looks like there was not midspan support.


22 posted on 03/15/2018 11:38:32 AM PDT by PJBankard
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To: Red Badger

Who is the contractor and designer? Paint has barely dried and it fell. More than 900 tons, completely failed. Incredible failure.


23 posted on 03/15/2018 11:38:57 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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To: Red Badger

Epic fail !!!


24 posted on 03/15/2018 11:39:00 AM PDT by BluH2o
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To: Red Badger
"Your paper is late because of what?"

Miracle nobody was killed. I'm only guessing, but an engineering review might be in the offing...

25 posted on 03/15/2018 11:39:24 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Red Badger

or... “Whaddya mean, you forgot the I-beams underneath?”


26 posted on 03/15/2018 11:39:34 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: amihow

Bet affirmative action contractor and designers.


27 posted on 03/15/2018 11:39:46 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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To: Red Badger

The university had it built. Most of the workers no speekee Eengleesh. Was there an AR-15 involved? Was the FBI aware of the threats before the collapse?


28 posted on 03/15/2018 11:39:52 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: Billthedrill

People did die, they say there are dead, just don’t know how many yet.


29 posted on 03/15/2018 11:40:23 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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To: Red Badger

Miami media is deeply saddened because this takes away their resources from promoting the destruction of the Constitution.


30 posted on 03/15/2018 11:40:24 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Red Badger

Multiple fatalities reported.

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Pedestrian-Bridge-Collapses-Near-Florida-International-University-476984523.html


31 posted on 03/15/2018 11:40:37 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Reno89519

Probably a snowflake. And it cost $14.4M. What a waste of money.

Accelerated Bridge Construction Method.


32 posted on 03/15/2018 11:40:39 AM PDT by PJBankard
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To: Paradox

How’s the traffic tie-ups now?? I’m assuming it will be there awhile as they figure out what went wrong first. Insurance purposes would require some forensic work on the construction materials, techniques, and implementation of those two.


33 posted on 03/15/2018 11:40:43 AM PDT by rednesss (fascism is the union,marriage,merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power)
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To: Red Badger

I wonder if anyone was walking across it when it went down?
That must have been shocking.


34 posted on 03/15/2018 11:40:53 AM PDT by King Hawk
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To: Red Badger

What’s happening to planning and engineering in this world? The Aussies build expensive new trains that are too wide for the tunnels they are to pass through, and now this new bridge collapses as soon as it is put in service.

The explanations should be interesting.


35 posted on 03/15/2018 11:40:53 AM PDT by Will88
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36 posted on 03/15/2018 11:41:02 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: BluH2o

It hadn’t even opened for foot traffic.


37 posted on 03/15/2018 11:41:09 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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To: Reno89519

Oh dear. Prayers up then, and no more joking from me.


38 posted on 03/15/2018 11:41:09 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Red Badger

Governor Brown said to build bridges, not walls. This was a killer bridge.


39 posted on 03/15/2018 11:41:43 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: amihow

As an engineer we were taught to use a 2.5 safety factor. This looks like they used .9


40 posted on 03/15/2018 11:41:57 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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