If stress testing being conducted, why would the road be open, with vehicles stopped directly under the bridge? Doesn’t make sense.
EXACTLY!! A “stress test” indicates to me that they are testing to see if it fails. Why have people under/on the bridge in case it does???
You hit the nail on the head.
Not being engineers, that’s about the only true fault we can point at for now.....should have stopped traffic in that space until testing was done.
“If stress testing being conducted, why would the road be open, with vehicles stopped directly under the bridge? Doesn’t make sense.”
You may find a contractual clause penalizing the company if they interrupt traffic. Interruptions to traffic probably subtract from award fee or performance fees. The site manager would say, “we need to close down traffic for two hours to conduct a stress test.” The owner/manager would see a reduction in his take-home of x dollars and say, “Can we do it without interrupting traffic?”
“Well, so long as the test is successful, yes.”
“What? You don’t trust your design? Do it without interrupting.”
In the article, all that speedy building and shortcuts and concrete is to keep the mayor’s phone from ringing. Hope the mayor is getting an earful now.
Cars weren't stopped, they were crushed under the collapse. Death toll now 6 and bodies still underneath today. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/at-least-6-killed-in-florida-bridge-collapse/ar-BBKhNbI?OCID=ansmsnnews11