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@trunking | 15 August 18 | |
Been to Genoa before. Absolutely beautiful architecture. My sympathies. |
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@obi_jon | 15 August 18 | |
@ mikeymk - 15.08.18 - 11:34am I blame the Russians. Seriously though -There was a handshake deal between the Italians and Russians on scrap iron back when the bridge was built. The quality of the available steel was horrific, it was liquid rust. The Italian car industry was nearly brought down by it, as Fiat Group cars were rotten in five years, and Lancia ended up quitting Britain due to Lancia's reputation never recovering. It's likely the skeleton of that bridge, under the concrete, was the same stuff. Concrete structures are weakened critically once the reinforcement steel inside has corroded away, especially as the expansion of rust cracks the concrete. The bridge has been badly maintained and had a poor reputation, so a refurbishment was done a couple of years ago - basically to paint over a lot of the cracks and holes. I believe the steelwork inside is in a very poor state, and i believe there are people who knew it was unsafe. Not to mention the massive decrease in Italian government infrastructure spending and maintenance budgets since the 2008 financial crisis, which reduced by over 10billion euros over the last 10yrs down to 4billion euros(compared to the 14billion euros spent from 1998-2008). If you ask me, I'd say that cutting the regulations imposed on the construction, building and other industries associated with vital infrastructure like this, as is going on in various countries worldwide, will only lead to incidents like this one increasing. I submit the building regulations that allowed dangerously combustible cladding to be applied and turn Grenfell Tower into a death trap, as a further example of this kind of thing already happening more often than it should. |
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@0gypsy0 | 15 August 18 | |
@ sisfreak2017 - 15.08.18 - 11:30am 0gypsy0 you better not have ventured to the coast! No, fortunately I wasn't there, I'm still here to annoy you |
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@peta | 15 August 18 | |
That sucks.. oh man.
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@warded | 15 August 18 | |
People said that when a lorry passed by on the bridge it shook a bit
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@sisfreak2017 | 15 August 18 | |
@ 0gypsy0 - 15.08.18 - 02:19pm No, fortunately I wasn't there, I'm still here to annoy you Good dont think no other wifey can replace you |
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@obi_jon | 15 August 18 | |
@ warded - 15.08.18 - 02:50pm People said that when a lorry passed by on the bridge it shook a bit There's nothing particularly unusual about that, plenty of bridges will shake when a lorry crosses them, with a certain amount of flexibility being built into them by design. |
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@sisfreak2017 | 15 August 18 | |
yes just like masts n towers move in the wind , if they dont they collapse.
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@obi_jon | 26 March 24 | |
The 1.6mile long Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed entirely after a giant container ship crashed into one of it's support towers. Authorities are reporting a ''mass casualty major incident''. The bridge carried a major highway across the Patapsko River and multiple vehicles are believed to have plunged into the freezing cold waters below. Rescue efforts are ongoing but at least 20 emergency workers are believed to have also fallen into the water during their attempts. It happened at 1.30am local time, so hopefully traffic on the bridge won't have been as heavy as it would have been during the day time. Oh crap, look at the headlights on the bridge |
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@alanball | 26 March 24 | |
Just watched the footage of this. Lots of cars on it when it collapsed.
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