There were also more people on that walkway than it was originally intended

Problem was there was a party in the atrium, and people were just congregating on the suspended walkways. They were designed for people to walk to where they were going, not for thousands of people to just stand there.

But yeah, without the installation change, those walkways probably still would have held.

This bridge was not being used for something other than its intended design. It wasn't even in use yet.

In response to this post by TomTurkey

Posted: 03/17/2018 at 2:21PM

Video of the bridge failing - real time - sad -- DaveVT 03/17/2018 09:01AM

Condo development was big reason for bridge ... -- DaveVT 03/17/2018 5:08PM

One positive from the video.... -- Vienna_Hokie 03/17/2018 12:55PM

And the school bus missed it. Sad for anyone hurt but im glad the school -- HokieNLot11 03/17/2018 1:06PM

It appears to fail at the lift point of left crane, not end support -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 10:28AM

That would be a placement/tieing issue in my head, though it could still be -- thankbud 03/17/2018 12:08PM

Watch the AeV video below ** -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 12:09PM

Idiots. So the movers were allowed to cantelever the span without it -- thankbud 03/17/2018 12:45PM

Poor communication between design and construction. -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 12:50PM

This is another reminder of why I need to get a dash cam... -- USN_Hokie 03/17/2018 09:43AM

Must be a hoot as a co-worker/peer ** -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 10:46AM

Kind of like a NSFW Steve Irwin. ** -- StressHokie 03/19/2018 11:53AM

Can only give one like -- TomTurkey 03/19/2018 12:04PM

Does not compute. ** -- USN_Hokie 03/17/2018 2:42PM

His demeanor, language and final comment ** -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 2:54PM

Pretty sure he works/worked in the mining industry. ** -- USN_Hokie 03/17/2018 5:10PM

I like him. I got pretty salty as I got more fed up with management. ** -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 5:55PM

I have a Garmin dashcam 55 -- MEHOKIE 03/17/2018 10:06AM

And the "[member] in the vise" comment ** -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 10:50AM

I shudder at the thought of that school bus being several cars ahead. ** -- Major Kong 03/17/2018 09:27AM

I have a dumb non-engineer question. The model of the bridge showed -- Tuckahokie 03/17/2018 09:23AM

That's exactly what I thought, initially. -- StressHokie 03/19/2018 11:23AM

What I’ve seen so far is that the bridge structure that collapsed was only -- hokie-c 03/17/2018 11:55AM

KC was an installation change that doubled the tension in the rod assembly -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 12:46PM

IIRC, didn't the undocumented change place the support in single shear vs -- 81_Hokie 03/17/2018 9:00PM

That's right. I got it reversed. ** -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 9:15PM

Yep ** -- hokie-c 03/17/2018 8:26PM

There were also more people on that walkway than it was originally intended -- Tafkam Hokie 03/17/2018 2:21PM

Looking like a construction SNAFU -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 2:22PM

It was also an unbalanced span length -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 10:04AM

Not a double truss too - just middle of the bridge -- DaveVT 03/17/2018 1:42PM

Pic -- DaveVT 03/17/2018 5:15PM

Looks cool, alright. Sheesh! -- TomTurkey 03/17/2018 1:48PM

For some reason they installed it bass ackwards. -- Hokie CPA 03/17/2018 09:47AM

Photo of collapse point while failing -- DaveVT 03/17/2018 09:05AM

Those cars looked stopped at a light. How horrible... ** -- EDGEMAN 03/17/2018 09:08AM

There were also more people on that walkway than it was originally intended

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