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  • Engineer on 'Instant Bridge' called authorities TWO DAYS before deadly collapse to report a CRACK

    03/16/2018 7:26:55 PM PDT · by BunnySlippers · 57 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 03/16/18 | HANNAH PARRY and ARIEL ZILBER
    An engineer called the Florida Department of Transportation to report concerns about a crack on their new 'instant' bridge two days before it collapsed - but no one ever picked up their voicemail. FIGG's lead engineer responsible for the Florida International University, FIU, pedestrian bridge project, W. Denney Pate, left a message warning that they had observed some cracking at the north end of the bridge. The voicemail was not picked up until Friday - a day after the bridge collapsed killing six. Pate warned that the cracking areas would need repairs but assured that, 'from a safety perspective we...