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Florida International University Bridge Collapses, Cars Underneath
miami.cbslocal.com ^ | 03/15/2018 | Staff

Posted on 03/15/2018 11:32:16 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Reno89519

I’m sure he’s taking his words back now.

How does a brand new bridge collapse suddenly? I mean this was a pedestrian bridge.

It should have been able to handle the stress load of lots of people walking across it.

Something doesn’t compute here.


61 posted on 03/15/2018 11:50:18 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forevero)
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To: tired&retired
Here is design info: https://news.fiu.edu/2016/02/fiu-selects-mcmfigg-to-design-and-build-pedestrian-bridge-across-8th-street/97102
62 posted on 03/15/2018 11:50:30 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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To: PGR88
And how many $ Billions did it cost to build?

After all the lawsuits, it's gonna cost a lot more.

63 posted on 03/15/2018 11:50:30 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
innovative approach to bridge construction

Yep, pretty innovative.

64 posted on 03/15/2018 11:51:10 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: Red Badger

Live feed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISOEBbwirRg


65 posted on 03/15/2018 11:51:15 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: Red Badger
Well, isn't this the new norm that the Social Justice Warriors are trying to set?

Queer Engineering at Purdue

66 posted on 03/15/2018 11:51:17 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Black Rifle Coffee - Freedom, guns, tits, bacon, and booze!)
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To: Paradox

Zactly!

Wrong design requirement priorities!

It ain’t about ‘ease of assembly’!

It’s about STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY!


67 posted on 03/15/2018 11:51:46 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: King Hawk

“I wonder if anyone was walking across it when it went down?
That must have been shocking.”

I’ll take the over/under on the under being worse than the over.


68 posted on 03/15/2018 11:51:46 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them.)
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To: Red Badger

I remember on local TV they made a BIG deal about this bridge with some school official saying something like “This will help the local community”: REALLY?


69 posted on 03/15/2018 11:52:06 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Reno89519

No surprise, both companies have already shut down their websites.


70 posted on 03/15/2018 11:52:11 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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To: Red Badger

Ho Lee Phoque!


71 posted on 03/15/2018 11:52:13 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Beat me by four minutes ...


72 posted on 03/15/2018 11:52:39 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Black Rifle Coffee - Freedom, guns, tits, bacon, and booze!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

For sure. I remember watching on TV and hearing the reporter say that what we were looking at was the Nimitz, and I said “no it isn’t, the Nimitz is a double decker...”


73 posted on 03/15/2018 11:52:45 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Formerly SandyInSeattle cuz I moved!)
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To: Reno89519

Bet they are busy shredding docs already and wiping clean their computers.


74 posted on 03/15/2018 11:52:49 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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To: tired&retired

Don’t see any sign of that central pillar or the suspension lines in the “after” photo. Wouldn’t those be kind of important?


75 posted on 03/15/2018 11:52:51 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Red Badger; tired&retired; All

Compare the photo in #4 and #44.

The photo in #4 seems like that span was put up without the suspension elements shown in #44.

I don’t see remnants of what would be called the cables in a regular suspension bridge.


76 posted on 03/15/2018 11:52:55 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Red Badger

Wow. This is almost inconceivable. There are so many levels of safety, engineering and inspections that have all failed to prevent this. Mill certifications on the steel, mix design on the concrete, samples of concrete sent to test labs, deputy inspections, structural observations by the engineers, public works inspections, engineering for live load, dead load, moments of inertia...this is really unbelievable.


77 posted on 03/15/2018 11:53:13 AM PDT by JoeRed
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To: Red Badger
So..in that picture..it doesn't look finished..by any means. What's that structure at the right? It looks not even close to finished. There's construction debris everywhere....

Something is not adding up....

FWIW-

78 posted on 03/15/2018 11:53:47 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: DaxtonBrown
As an engineer we were taught to use a 2.5 safety factor. This looks like they used 0.9

That was my first thought. Although I never worked as an engineer, I have two degrees. And as someone who is always building something, this just doesnt look right, not strong enough, even with those trusses, but what do I know..

How it was supposed to be...:

79 posted on 03/15/2018 11:53:50 AM PDT by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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To: raiderboy
"Did the bid go to a minority contractor?"

My first thought also...

80 posted on 03/15/2018 11:54:23 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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