Especially since it was designed to be supported by a suspension system. Concrete is great under compression but cannot withstand tension. The cantilevered section could not withstand the tension over it’s length.
Weird, huh? If the truss system were properly designed to be self-supporting, what was the suspension system for? Just decoration? Or was it designed to be load-carrying? It it was to carry load, then why was the shoring removed before the suspension system was completed? What an odd construction sequence.