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Engineer warned of crack 2 days before but FDOT didn't listen to voicemail -- VaAkita 03/16/2018 10:19PM Worst footbridge collapse we studied at VT class (114 dead) -- DaveVT 03/15/2018 7:50PM A few years ago stayed in KC and realized we were in that very hotel ** -- coshokie 03/16/2018 09:04AM The Rainmakers had a song about that. Rockin at the T Dance ** -- Late 80s Hokie 03/16/2018 07:31AM I loved that class. The deHavilland Comet and Liberty Ships. ** -- SDHokie 03/16/2018 01:04AM Apparently testing strength for hurricane winds. -- 48zip 03/15/2018 4:26PM How were they testing for that and why traffic allowed under it in a test? -- TomTurkey 03/15/2018 5:41PM Now saying 8 vehicles under bridge. ** -- 48zip 03/15/2018 4:32PM Ugh.... -- 48zip 03/15/2018 5:01PM Not near Miami, in Miami. I went there. ** -- NokieHokie 03/15/2018 4:23PM There are no pillars- span bridge? ** -- bigbadbird 03/15/2018 4:22PM There were going to be cables to support the bridge. -- StressHokie 03/15/2018 4:26PM It will be interesting to see if anyone steps up & takes the blame or if -- Hoakie82 03/15/2018 4:55PM It's Miami... Years of finger-pointing and lawyering! ** -- NokieHokie 03/15/2018 5:16PM Apparently they thought the cables were for decoration & not support. ** -- Hoakie82 03/15/2018 5:30PM It wasnt complete. Also....they may have been -- 48zip 03/15/2018 5:39PM I realize it was under construction. I’m not an engineer but I don’t see -- Hoakie82 03/15/2018 5:57PM Those cables as aesthetics is waste. FIGG is a cable brudge designer. -- TomTurkey 03/15/2018 6:15PM Figg also did the VT Smart Highway bridge ** -- 48zip 03/15/2018 8:54PM And the Varina-Enon -- TomTurkey 03/15/2018 9:32PM Agreed, Unfortunately, they didn’t have any cables up yet. ** -- Hoakie82 03/15/2018 6:48PM That could be gross negligence. See ya in court suckahs. -- TomTurkey 03/15/2018 6:53PM This is America and why we have a legal system. Impartial review of the -- CPRVHokie 03/15/2018 5:18PM Legal system is bastion of virtue too. Nothing corrupt or crooked there. :) ** -- NokieHokie 03/15/2018 5:45PM It ain't perfect, but best there is ** -- CPRVHokie 03/15/2018 5:54PM Not in Miami LOL! ** -- NokieHokie 03/15/2018 8:26PM I’m pretty patriotic but I’d say that’s debatable. Don’t want to go uws -- Hoakie82 03/15/2018 8:06PM Name a better one ** -- CPRVHokie 03/15/2018 9:23PM Not going there but I think it’s arrogant to say America’s always better. -- Hoakie82 03/15/2018 9:34PM Name a better one ** -- CPRVHokie 03/15/2018 10:03PM I doubt that either you or I know the complete ins and outs, or how much -- Late 80s Hokie 03/16/2018 07:36AM My point stands ** -- CPRVHokie 03/16/2018 07:47AM Your bridge doesn't though. ** -- NokieHokie 03/16/2018 2:51PM Isn't my bridge. Or my anything. Which is the way to get to the truth. ** -- CPRVHokie 03/16/2018 9:28PM Okay. ** -- NokieHokie 03/15/2018 5:20PM I’ll go with the latter. Everybody associated with the project has engaged -- CPRVHokie 03/15/2018 5:15PM Like 9/11, already lots of debate on engineering chat room. -- 48zip 03/15/2018 5:31PM If the bridge wasn't complete, why were they letting traffic go under it? ** -- CPRVHokie 03/15/2018 5:55PM That isnt unusual. Scheduled opening was 2019. -- 48zip 03/15/2018 6:50PM I don't feel like that's a satisfying answer. If it wasn't safe to walk on -- CPRVHokie 03/15/2018 9:24PM Agree. But clearly there was a catastrophic error. -- 48zip 03/16/2018 12:16AM Actually, adding deck adds dead load, albeit more lateral stability -- TomTurkey 03/15/2018 7:08PM I just meant you'd agree that installing deck isn't the last step. Plenty.. -- 48zip 03/15/2018 7:24PM I was agreeing with the concern of the weight -- TomTurkey 03/15/2018 7:29PM Some company wanted to hire me to inspect cable connections on Varina-Enon -- 48zip 03/15/2018 7:33PM We have a company use vibrometer testing for the cables themselves. -- TomTurkey 03/15/2018 7:41PM So the fatalities were people in vehicles under the bridge not on it? ** -- UTPr0sim 03/15/2018 3:26PM The bridge wasn't open yet, so no pedestrians. ** -- HokieNoVA 03/15/2018 3:33PM There were some workers on top. Police said of the 8 taken to hospitals -- 48zip 03/15/2018 5:13PM Only silver lining I see is that FIU was on Spring Break. -- hoosnowahokie 03/15/2018 3:03PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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