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Default Design flaw cited in MN bridge collapse

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:35:03 -0800, David Harmon
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:17:34 -0800 (PST) in rec.crafts.metalworking,
Too_Many_Tools wrote,
The messenger is always killed.


"I don't want yes-men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth,
even if costs them their jobs."
-- Samuel Goldwyn.

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Even if the plate thickness was adequate when designed, 50 years
of salt and weather *MAY* have reduced this below minimum.

Anyone have information/insight into how much corrosion had taken
place?