Pictured: Shanghai Bridge Made of Rubbish Collapses - Made In China

sankakucomplex ^ | Jan 1, 2010

[JoeProBono]

Citizens of Shanghai are aghast at the collapse of a major new bridge, pictured, which was revealed to be constructed partially out of rubbish instead of concrete.

The bridge, spanning the Wusong River in central Shanghai, was completed in 2009 and replaced a century old bridge with a more modern design.

However, after only a short period in operation the bridge began to collapse, with investigators finding such sturdy construction materials as bags of rubbish, Styrofoam, scrap wood and waste plastic used in the structure in place of reinforced concrete.

[JoeProBono]

[exit82]

Uh-oh.

Heads are going to egg-roll.

[GonzoGOP]

Its the Obama Memorial Bridge. Looks hip, costs too much, full of garbage, and leaves you up a creak without a paddle.

[gwilhelm56]

Further proof that ....

GARBAGE IN .... GARBAGE OUT!

[pnh102]

Funny. We just saw an episode of Spongebob Squarepants in which a statue was made of trash.

[muawiyah]

To say the least the materials advertised on that particular site are ...... well...... salicious!

[caww]

China has several contracts to build in the US...what can we possibly expect from their work!

[Dr. Sivana]

Warning Asian source for these pictures has anime/manga style art on the left side that is not suitable viewing.

[glasseye]

Friends of the Earth call it ‘recycling’...

Get with the program capitalist running dog....

Obama’s teleprompter will be along soon to clear up any misunderstandings.

[SpaceBar]

All joking aside, this shows the deep underlying cultural differences between the occidental and oriental worlds. Things like ethics in engineering, and building codes are taken for granted in the western world where they originated, but those who try to emulate the west through cheap mimicry only see them as impediments to making a buck, or a yuan in this case.

[hometoroost]

Yes, but it’s coming soon to a government near you.

[Upstate NY Guy]

All joking aside, this shows the deep underlying cultural differences between the occidental and oriental worlds. Things like ethics in engineering...

Apparently this was not always the case. Great Wall for instance.

[Red in Blue PA]

Race.

To.

The.

Bottom.

[GonzoGOP]

All joking aside, this shows the deep underlying cultural differences between the occidental and oriental worlds. Things like ethics in engineering, and building codes are taken for granted in the western world where they originated, but those who try to emulate the west through cheap mimicry only see them as impediments to making a buck, or a yuan in this case.

Beg to differ. Here in the Peoples Republic of Chicago we had a highway paved using slag rather than limestone as aggregate. Whole thing came apart the next winter. But the contractors (close friends of the Daley family) had already had their front company declared bankrupt. Couldn't' get the money back and they had far too strong of political connections to prosecute. It has nothing to do with Asian / Western and everything to do with Statist / Individualist.

[american_ranger]

I challenge your conclusions with the big dig in Boston.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Yep. QC is the biggest thing lacking in most Asian construction and production. Sometimes you get trash in the concrete, other times you get a building so over-built that it is pretty much intact when it falls over.

[SpaceBar]

There are always exceptions to any generalization, but every harbour freight tool store has thousands of examples to support my claim. Looking like ain’t the same as being like.

[John-Irish]

Gives new meaning to “Made in China’’. “”OK Wang, black to dlawing bload!!!

[hometoroost]

See you in the third world. Like Detroit or someplace similar.

[hometoroost]

See you in the third world. Like Detroit or someplace similar.