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To: Red Badger

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


34 posted on 03/15/2018 11:40:53 AM PDT by King Hawk
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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: King Hawk
The 174 foot long bridge, scheduled to open to the public in early 2019, crossed Southwest 8th Street near 109th Avenue and was built with the purpose of allowing students living across the busy roadway to cross safely.

So I'm guessing no one was on the bridge, unless there were construction workers on it. But I can't find any mention of anyone on the bridge.

115 posted on 03/15/2018 12:02:29 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: King Hawk
I wonder if anyone was walking across it when it went down?
That must have been shocking.

First thing that occurred to me was to wonder if the designers were aware that the highest load that you can put on any bridge is wall to wall people. since people never got to use it, it's a moot point. But if...

The Golden Gate Bridge 50th Anniversary with wall to wall people its entire length (300,000+ people) Is a classic example of the massive weight.

There is an iconic color photo that appeared at the time which I think might be on a poster too, but I have never be able find one to buy a copy. The bridge looks flat between the towers from the weight.

I can't help wondering if there was pressure at work from wherever to prevent public distribution of that image.

482 posted on 03/15/2018 4:18:47 PM PDT by publius911 (Am I pissed? You have NO idea...)
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