Meanwhile, in Florida.

[6souls]

who would stress test with the road open surely that didn't happen?? it was a reporter that said it

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...205316174.html

Witnesses says crew were on top of the bridge at the time of collapse.

[archibaldcrane]

i actually saw one tweet that said it happened during a stress test but i dont understand because the previous articles said it was up and done in 6 hours so I'm confused

The span was up and in place, but construction was still ongoing. It wasn't supposed to open to foot traffic until next year.

[Day]

so the 6 hour thing was basically bullshit is what i'm hearing lol

[Salodin]

Not really, the bridge was moved into place in 6 hours which is an accomplishment. But when we hear it like that we assume it was finished in 6 hours, which it was not.

[TummieGaruda]

so the 6 hour thing was basically bullshit is what i'm hearing lol

Pretty much. It was just so they could move the span a block away to its final location.

If you look at this video, you will see what the bridge was supposed to look like finished.



It was still missing the main cable supports to help hold up the bridge. People are starting to say that they should have put temporary posts up to alleviate the weight of the bridge until the supports were in place and the bridge was fully connected to the piles. They were cutting corners in order to prevent extended shutdowns of the road.

[6souls]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43418898
https://news.fiu.edu/wp-content/uplo...18_DIGITAL.pdf

Costing $14.2m (£12.5m), the cable-supported footbridge was funded by the US Department of Transportation.

According to a brochure on the university website, it was designed to withstand a Category Five hurricane and last 100 years.

It was also the first bridge in the world to be constructed entirely of self-cleaning concrete, it said.

Statement from the bridge contractor;

https://twitter.com/WeAreMCM/status/974362954828255232

[Shenrien]

Does the self cleaning concrete clean itself of the blood?

[Day]

spicy

[TummieGaruda]

What went wrong is the span should’ve been supported by jacks or makeshift piles until the cables were in place to hold the full weight. You can see it in the surveillance video that it just broke off from one side then just collapsed.

Video link possible NSFL cause cars get crushed...
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...205443304.html

[Nitsuki]

Posted this on another discord with some locals but:

A “politician” from Sweetwater called in the radio station i listen to this morning (the little town next to FIU that connected with the bridge) stated that Sweetwater did not want this, it was a joint project from FIU and the City of Miami. But he said that they really were stress testing (IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC), and they were testing some sort of cable tension, and the cable snapped and the tensioner fell on the bridge which caused the collapse. They suspect that they made the cable tension too tight and it snapped, the employees who were doing the test all sustained quite significant injuries too, and one had a heart attack. If i were one of those employees, i would’ve spoken up against the stress test during fucking traffic. Miami rush hour is usually from 2pm-8pm.

[Brill Weave]

What went wrong is the span should’ve been supported by jacks or makeshift piles until the cables were in place to hold the full weight. You can see it in the surveillance video that it just broke off from one side then just collapsed.

Video link possible NSFL cause cars get crushed...
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...205443304.html

Christ as soon as I looked at the still shot of the bridge I could see immediately where it was going to collapse. Why the fuck was this bridge put into place without the supports. That seems like construction 101.

[Byrthnoth]

... "And the lowest bid gets the contract!"

[Lokus]

The lowest bid in this case didn't get the contract. The owners of the construction company in this instance donated a lot of campaign funds to local politicians so that probably had a hand in them winning the bid.

[Byrthnoth]

womp woooomp

[Roranora]

this project was undoubtedly poorly implemented if not also poorly conceived and designed. this quick-build approach is especially appealing to planners when we're overly concerned about road closures and disrupting traffic on such a busy thoroughfare

[TummieGaruda]

this project was undoubtedly poorly implemented if not also poorly conceived and designed. this quick-build approach is especially appealing to planners when we're overly concerned about road closures and disrupting traffic on such a busy thoroughfare

Disrupting Traffic > Peoples lives. I mean, Southern California dealt with 2 Carmageddons and though it was an inconvenience, they planned it out months in advance and gave people plenty of warning to avoid the freeways when they replaced large sections of bridges.

[Roranora]

I too would like to think a dozen weeks of congestion is preferable to a dozen dead bodies.

Some people really hate traffic though.

[Day]

in hindsight a wooden bridge that got worked on overnight probably better option

14.2 milly taxpayer dollars for a 900 ton pedestrian bridge shit doesn't make any sense to me

didn't realize dept of trans funded it

[Salodin]

That price tag is cray, but they also sold it as a bridge that would last a century through any hurricane we would face. If it worked as intended no one would have bitched, but alas here we are.

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[dasva]

I too would like to think a dozen weeks of congestion is preferable to a dozen dead bodies.

Some people really hate traffic though.

Gotta think of the long term effects on congestion. Less people less congestion