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To: thecodont
This has been in the works for awhile. They're trying to prevent jumpers because the Golden Gate Bridge has literally become a suicide destination.

Problem is, the bridge was never designed for those sails, and the result is going to be disasterous.


3 posted on 06/06/2020 10:06:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who could have guessed the Communist Revolution would arrive disguised as the common cold?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Narrows Bridge?


5 posted on 06/06/2020 10:12:54 PM PDT by Spunky ("Immigration is a privilege, not a right." President Donald Trump)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Its resonant frequency was its downfall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daWqdCw7eGY


6 posted on 06/06/2020 10:13:52 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That is EXACTLY what hit me when I read about slats and wind abatement. This additional lateral resistance not factored into the original engineering.


14 posted on 06/06/2020 10:41:40 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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25 posted on 06/07/2020 12:09:33 AM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Galloping Gertie!


30 posted on 06/07/2020 12:37:23 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There was a dog in that car.

He died.

:(

I hate that video.


34 posted on 06/07/2020 12:59:50 AM PDT by Salamander (Flying Colours....)
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