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Photos: Bridge Collapse in China kills Three on Friday, August 24, 2012
Pasadena Star News ^ | 24 Aug 2012 | AP Story

Posted on 08/24/2012 4:43:14 PM PDT by smokingfrog

A eight-lane suspension bridge collapsed in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on August 24, 2012. Three people were killed and five injured when an eight-lane suspension bridge in northeast China collapsed early on August 24, only nine months after it opened, state media said.

(Excerpt) Read more at photos.pasadenastarnews.com ...


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To: knarf

Slump test is only to determine water content, test cylinders
are made to be broken at certain dates after they are made
to determine strength.


41 posted on 08/24/2012 6:20:23 PM PDT by TweetEBird007
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To: smokingfrog

HARBOR FREIGHT Store bridge


42 posted on 08/24/2012 6:27:52 PM PDT by BlueJ7
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To: TweetEBird007

OK .. I misunderstood .. thanx


43 posted on 08/24/2012 6:30:43 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: TaMoDee

Upper left of post 28. Looking closer, it seems to be stucco mesh. Seeing this makes it no wonder the Olympics venues of 2008 are already falling apart.


44 posted on 08/24/2012 6:31:34 PM PDT by mazda77 ("Defeating the Totalitarian Lie" By: Hilmar von Campe. Everybody should read it.)
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To: Thank You Rush
Why is this called a suspension bridge?

Don't know why it's called a suspension bridge except ignorance. It's an elevated roadway.

45 posted on 08/24/2012 6:43:21 PM PDT by Ole Okie
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To: mazda77

I looked at that 6-8” square piece, a poor picture, BUT it sure would lead one to think of stucco mesh. Earlier posts spoke of the poor quality of concrete. The pic at #28 sure shows no large aggregate all sand to 3/4”- size -— Nice.


46 posted on 08/24/2012 6:58:50 PM PDT by TaMoDee ( Lassez les bons temps rouler dans les 2012! Allez Pack!)
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To: smokingfrog

In China they call these “Tofu Construction Projects”

the sad thing is, the Chinese just accept it as the way life and Governments are. They haven’t known anything else.

They have an all-controlling, all-corrupt, elitist, central-planning Gov’t, where apparatchiks and cronies skim the cream off the economy.

I see the USA heading towards an American version of the same thing.


47 posted on 08/24/2012 7:10:37 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: smokingfrog

That’s not a suspension bridge. Looks like a rigid and overextended cantilever.


48 posted on 08/24/2012 8:42:44 PM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Must of sent the engineers to Texas A&M.

The Kenyan must go.

49 posted on 08/24/2012 9:39:20 PM PDT by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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To: ex91B10

“Must of sent the engineers to Texas A&M.”

I am laughing, but why Texas A&M? I am an engineer, chemical, not civil, and I went to one of the best schools. But why are you picking on the Texas Aggies?

Now, as far as the grammar goes, it should say ‘Must have...’

:)


50 posted on 08/24/2012 9:44:37 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
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To: griswold3
Anyone who even suggests that China is kicking our butt concerning infrastructure is insane!

The Chinese do acknowledge, and I have seen myself, that their standards are lower and their infrastructure will fall apart at a faster rate than western infrastructure. I have stayed in nearly brand new high rise apartment buildings in China where I look out the window and on the ledge there are pieces of concrete lying on the ledges and windowsills where they have fallen off the building.

In 20 years, China will have to be rebuilt all over again. On the one hand, it is bad quality, but on the other hand, it is still better than what they had before. We built the transcontinental railroad the same way, speed before quality. Early riders could barley tolerate the bouncy ride, and as soon as it was finished, it started to be repaired into a smoother track.

51 posted on 08/25/2012 4:49:23 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
I live in Texas and it seemed to fit.

Please pardon the insensitivity...

The Kenyan must go.

52 posted on 08/25/2012 7:12:27 PM PDT by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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To: ex91B10

“Please pardon the insensitivity...”

Thank you for the link...now I understand your comment. And I was not offended by your post, just curious. I am an Iowa native, did my Chem E at Iowa State. Never lived in Texas, though I’ve been there numerous times, either visits or business (mostly business). I have some recollection of the collapse, thanks to your link stirring the old memory banks.


53 posted on 08/25/2012 8:08:06 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
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To: ex91B10

: )


54 posted on 08/27/2012 7:47:48 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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