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Miami Herald: FIU pedestrian bridge collapses, people trapped underneath(Update: Final Report on the accident released)
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Granted I'm not an architect or engineer but this seemed like a disaster waiting to happen.
6 vehicles
many vehicles have more than 1 person
yeah, probably looking at double digit casualties here.
this is horrible. america's not ready for these 1-day construction projects yet.
many vehicles have more than 1 person
yeah, probably looking at double digit casualties here.
this is horrible. america's not ready for these 1-day construction projects yet.
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/974349290524037120/photo/1
Looks like one side just snapped and collapsed causing bridge to fall.
Holy hell. I hope the people under that went quick. What a catastrophe.
Casualties means injured or dead. Fatalities obviously mean death.
ya. you can see both ends are still under construction and have no entry points. all the casualties would be in cars or the sidewalk.
Hmmm... doesn't appear to have been enough tensile strength on the right side of the bridge in the video. Looks like a pillar uprooted on that side.
Definitely looks bad from that screenshot.
Putting a bridge up in one day seems like an idiotic idea.
Putting a bridge up in one day seems like an idiotic idea.
I drive by that part of the school almost daily. Did so yesterday. It's insane that this even happened after being up for just a few days. I wish the best for those injured and hope they're okay. Fortunately, it was spring break so there wouldn't be that many students trying to cross under the bridge (it wasn't open to the public yet).
Not yet.
The people on the bridge would have been construction workers.
Back when I was in undergrad I submitted a proposal to the university board to build two pedestrian overpasses over busy crossings. They eventually ended up building one, but it was after I left. If this is the quality of those things though...I'm glad that I was ignored.
The older article says this was built over a period of several months on the side, just lowered into place in one day. It also wasn't scheduled to open until 2019.
Agreed. But "mass" casualties is not a phrase I would throw around unless hundreds or thousands of injuries are expected. I hope that's not the case.
Agreed. But "mass" casualties is not a phrase I would throw around unless hundreds or thousands of injuries are expected. I hope that's not the case.
Installation of public works in the USA are absolutely ridiculous. I wonder if this is going to be on the engineers for a shoddy design of the new instant bridge or if the contracting company was cutting corners. It sucks, I wonder how many people are going to be dead because of this?
This is my alma mater for my Masters degree. I would drive through that street every time I drove to campus for classes after work. Many of the students I teach and have taught end up going to FIU. It's the main college I recommend students go to if they can't afford the University of Miami (which obviously almost no one can). It's one of the heart and soul institutions of the Miami metropolitan area.
This is utterly awful. Throw the goddamn book at whoever was responsible for this.
This is utterly awful. Throw the goddamn book at whoever was responsible for this.
It's not impossible, but the road should have been closed. The military puts bridges up in one day all the time. The problem is that you have to exceed the normal tolerances and really know what you're doing to be safe at that speed.
Looking at the design of the bridge, I wouldn't be comfortable putting that up in one day. There doesn't seem to be any support mid-span. You have a single point of failure for the whole thing.
God one of my "irrational" fears growing up was having an overpass crash down while I'm under it. Then this shit happens for real.
It's not an idiotic idea if you do it right. Other countries can handle similar projects just fine. America's just a country where construction is tailored/expected to take weeks/months/year, and this is a fatal reminder that we're not ready for anything faster than that.
This incident is going to cause a slowing down in the construction industry in America and curb any real progress from being made for quite some time. We're not ready for instant.
The bridge itself was closed to people being on top of it until 2019, but the underpass was open now.
Better shot of that pillar. Looks like pillar is rooted well. Something else gave up.
https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/974354306232209409
Terrible. One of the worst fears about the projects I design.
Being a licensed professional engineer myself (albeit, an electrical engineer), I can tell you all parties involved will end up paying something.
Being a licensed professional engineer myself (albeit, an electrical engineer), I can tell you all parties involved will end up paying something.
Wow dude, those cars are now flat...what a horrible way to go. Someone needs to be held accountable for this.
That is terrible, I just hope those underneath went quickly and peacefully as possible.
Wow... that looks a lot worse than you can see from the air. :(
Christ, that bridge. Someone (or, more likely, multiple someones) miscalculated big time. Those poor people. :(
Elevators have emergency brakes in case the cords snap, so you'd probably not fall that far?
Elevators have emergency brakes in case the cords snap, so you'd probably not fall that far?
Hypothetically (if it wasn't construction negligence), can an architect be hit with criminal charges for a flawed design? I've never heard of such a thing.
Christ, those cars under it.
I can't believe they green light a bridge project that took six hours.
I can't believe they green light a bridge project that took six hours.
Collapsed within a week.
The company that said it was safe now deleting all press releases.
Awful.
The company that said it was safe now deleting all press releases.
Awful.
I won't be shocked if it comes out that company responsible for building it skimped on quality of raw materials leading to higher risk of structural failure like this.
so BDI is the first target of lawsuits.
They failed to properly monitor the construction so they're the first liability.
They failed to properly monitor the construction so they're the first liability.
Which is why there's no point in passing a trillion dollar infrastructure bill when you don't know where the hell the money is actually going.
This is what some people want when they complain about how long it takes and costs for infrastructure to be built in the US always pointing to places like China that crack the whip and get things built fast never considering all the harm, pollution and deaths that go into cheap fast builds.
Wow, a week? This company is completely and utterly fucked and for good reason. Those people's deaths are completely on them.
I meant the top pillar that supports the cover. It looks like this side sheared off, because if you look at the other side, it doesn't look like it has as significant damage.Better shot of that pillar. Looks like pillar is rooted well. Something else gave up.
https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/974354306232209409
It also could have failed mid-span, but in that case I would expect the side you pictured to still be leaning on it's main pillar. But I'm an amateur.
I hope the people in the cars made it with their lives but the pictures do not look good at all.
Yup, the other side is still leaning on its main pillar.
