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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

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Florida International University’s massive new pedestrian bridge collapsed Thursday afternoon in West Miami-Dade.

The bridge, located at 109th Ave and 8th Street, collapsed on a number of cars.

There are reports of numerous people injured in the collapse. At least one person was taken as a trauma alert to the hospital, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

The 950-ton bridge went up on Saturday. It was then lowered into its final position, just west of 109th Avenue that day.

The main span was built next to Southwest 8th Street.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 100yearbridge; bridge; bridgecollapse; cat5hurricane; epicfail; fiu; fiubridge; florida; hindsightis2020; miami; stresstest
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To: shelterguy

>>They might want to stick with what works.<<

Or at least field test a real one in a less dangerous situation like over a river that needs 10 feet or so.

I cannot believe they field tested this in production. You would think they were (red dot) Indians who did this.


81 posted on 03/15/2018 11:54:40 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (obozo took 8 years to try to destroy us. Trump took 1 to rebuild us. MAGA!!)
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To: Red Badger

Rush just talked about it on his show.


82 posted on 03/15/2018 11:54:45 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5W)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Safety Factor - If the calculations show it will fail with a load of X, you design it to withstand a load of 2.5X. That’s the “margin of safety.”


83 posted on 03/15/2018 11:54:50 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Red Badger

Las Vegas has a lot of experience with pedestrian bridges.

They should have contracted with whomever builds those.

This thing was just pure poor construction and design apparently...


84 posted on 03/15/2018 11:55:15 AM PDT by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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To: Boogieman
4 seconds !   :-\
85 posted on 03/15/2018 11:55:24 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Red Badger

Should have used Reardon steel...


86 posted on 03/15/2018 11:56:23 AM PDT by Popman
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To: Red Badger

We’re turning into a third world country.


87 posted on 03/15/2018 11:56:24 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
What does that mean, 2.5 factor?

Figure out how strong you expect it needs to be, then multiply by 2.5 to take into account the things you weren't expecting.

88 posted on 03/15/2018 11:56:36 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: SuperLuminal

Wonder how many that worked on the bridge were illegals?


89 posted on 03/15/2018 11:56:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SuperLuminal
Yes, the Mulilla family is one of the two. Jorge, Raul, Juan, Lou, and Fernando.

Their website is shutdown, but here is from Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=4361441

90 posted on 03/15/2018 11:57:53 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

Who had the low bid on that job?


91 posted on 03/15/2018 11:57:57 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: SuperLuminal

They’re a local company here. Built the Zakim Bridge in Boston and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa. Owned now by a woman and created by her Father.


92 posted on 03/15/2018 11:58:05 AM PDT by TallahasseeConservative ( Isaiah 40:31)
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To: tomkat

It was unfinished, not scheduled to open for another year................


93 posted on 03/15/2018 11:58:23 AM 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: Paradox

Ouch: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:46yfl0aOGIwJ:https://news.fiu.edu/2016/12/fiu-offers-bridge-high-rise-design-classes-for-professionals/106843+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us


94 posted on 03/15/2018 11:58:31 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
My scholarship currently focuses on applying liberative pedagogies in engineering education, leveraging best practices from women’s studies and ethnic studies to engage students in creating a democratic classroom that encourages all voices. In 2005 I received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to support this work, which includes developing, implementing, and assessing curricular and pedagogical innovations based on liberative pedagogies and student input at Smith, and understanding how students at Smith conceptualize their identities as engineers. I seek as an engineering educator to be part of a paradigm shift that these pedagogies demand, repositioning concerns about diversity in science and engineering from superficial measures of equity as headcounts, to addressing justice and the genuine engagement of all students as core educational challenges.

Riley’s research interests include engineering and social justice; engineering ethics; social inequality in engineering education; and the liberal education of engineers. In 2005 she received a National Science Foundation CAREER award on implementing and assessing critical and feminist pedagogies in engineering classrooms. Students in Riley’s research group are pursuing interests including culturally inclusive pedagogies; understanding faculty motivations and approaches to teaching engineering ethics; connections between critical thinking and engineering ethics pedagogies; engineering education policy; and public participation in engineering projects impacting communities.


95 posted on 03/15/2018 11:58:43 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: Red Badger

I’m assuming Florida International University is not an engineering school ...


96 posted on 03/15/2018 11:58:55 AM PDT by IronJack (A)
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To: TallahasseeConservative
Built the Zakim Bridge in Boston and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa.

Note to self: Don't take the Zakim Bridge and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

97 posted on 03/15/2018 11:59:18 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: amihow

Chinese steel?


My very first thought. Inferior concrete is also a possibility.


98 posted on 03/15/2018 11:59:29 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The department of engineering “eduction” is not a part of any Engineering Curricula or department of college. It is part of the college of education for certification as a High School teacher. Sort of like getting a degree in Business Education is not in the College of Business.

Universities have fallen in the US but not as far as this article or its’ responders imply.


99 posted on 03/15/2018 11:59:32 AM PDT by lurked_for_a_decade (Imagination is more important than knowledge! ( e_uid == 0 ) != ( e_uid = 0 ). I Read kernel code.)
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To: Boogieman

Judging by the looks of the abutments, the bridge had not even been finished yet.


100 posted on 03/15/2018 11:59:33 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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