Canada Has Been Cut In Half!

[jerrybob]

Interesting video of the Tacoma Bridge failure......thanks for sharing California!

 

[wawajake]

A news article today noted that bridge design engineers were a firm from Spain, and the expansion joints were made in China.........explains a lot !

 

[mark02tj]

A news article today noted that bridge design engineers were a firm from Spain, and the expansion joints were made in China.........explains a lot !

Not a lot of wind and cold in Spain so maybe those guys didn't have the experience to design a bridge for those conditions? :confused3:

How old is that bridge? both of the linked articles refer to it as "recently opened".

 

[Looking4new]

How old is that bridge? both of the linked articles refer to it as "recently opened".

The bridge opened in November 2015

 

[sseelhoff]

The bridge opened in November 2015

Should still be under warranty then. At least they can send it back.

 

[farmer2009]

Might be time to consider a second crossing somewhere a little closer than Michigan.

 

[Looking4new]

Might be time to consider a second crossing somewhere a little closer than Michigan.

There is a second crossing IF they haven't started to take it down. The old bridge was built in 1937 I think.
The powers that be are also looking at the feasibility of widening and upgrading a logging road.

 

[Mace Canute]

So...who's got a pet theory on why it failed? My WAG is they miscalculated the amount of tension needed on the cable stays due to temperature changes.

 

[Looking4new]

So...who's got a pet theory on why it failed? My WAG is they miscalculated the amount of tension needed on the cable stays due to temperature changes.

And substandard bolts.

 

[MossRoad]

Hey, its only an 18 hr., 1040 mile drive to get to the other side of the river.