Florida bridge collapse
 

On Friday, 16 March 2018 17:26:53 UTC, Tim+ wrote:
This is interesting.

I was puzzled by the odd angling of the zigzag cross bracing in the bridge
and once you see *why* they zig and zag like that, the reason it failed
becomes a bit clearer.

In essence, the bridge is actually a cable-stayed design, but the deck
*should* have been strong enough to be self supporting until the support
cables were installed.

If you fast forward to 7:33 you can seen what the finished bridge should
have looked like.

https://youtu.be/ioC61QW7SHQ


http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/mu...ayers-10176950

Florida bridge collapse
 

On 21/03/2018 09:33, harry wrote:
On Friday, 16 March 2018 17:26:53 UTC, Tim+ wrote:
This is interesting.

I was puzzled by the odd angling of the zigzag cross bracing in the bridge
and once you see *why* they zig and zag like that, the reason it failed
becomes a bit clearer.

In essence, the bridge is actually a cable-stayed design, but the deck
*should* have been strong enough to be self supporting until the support
cables were installed.

If you fast forward to 7:33 you can seen what the finished bridge should
have looked like.

https://youtu.be/ioC61QW7SHQ


http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/mu...ayers-10176950

The political stuff is boring, but this shows an asymmetric cable stayed
bridge at least somewhat similar to the failed one.