Question. Assuming it was an accident, who designs a bridge other a single point of catastrophic failure? I am not an engineer, but that does not seem right.
I’m not going to get into the possibility of terrorism, but at the time this bridge was built, container ships had a carrying capacity of under 5,000 tons, or so. This ship had a tonnage of 150,0000 tonnes.
It’s also age. This bridge was about 50 years and near the end of its useful life just from wear and tear.
Aren’t they ALL built this way?
That bride was like two seesaws. When one crash it flipped the other up and it crashed too. This design makes the bridge more light weight and costs less. There is one problem: risk of catastrophic failure.