Good post. Those were my conclusions when I first reviewed the photos.
I think the "test" claim had more to do with the post tension work. We are missing photos of the other side. One. I wonder if there was a pull out of the tensioners on the other side during the "test?" Two. Did they fail to adequately tension the span before placement?
The design and project schedule still troubles me. Safety is an afterthought now.
On that bridge, if the tension was lost, it’s a flat out f’n emergency. Like I said, it would have the support strength of a roll of coins if the tension was lost. I wonder if that is what they were checking, although they called it “a test.” If it was, they were checking for a major failure, because I bet it was well known that absent the tensioning, the bridge would fail under its own wait.