hitchicken
Active Member
Not trying to 2nd guess the mech engineers on this one but…
The final design clearly shows a center pillar and a tower with support cables along the length of the bridge.
https://twitter.com/fiu_cec
But a shot of the bridge shortly after being rotated in place shows no center column or tower with supporting cables.
https://news.fiu.edu/2018/03/commun...ridge-move-across-southwest-8th-street/120395
Surely a hydraulic jack or temporary pillar could have been left at the center point… or the column could have been built before the rotation took place. Even without a pedestrian load, the collapse clearly shows a failure along most of its length indicating to me that the tower and supporting cables were, at a bare minimum, a necessary function of the design.
What do you mech engineers think?
Prayers for the victims of this terrible tragedy.
The final design clearly shows a center pillar and a tower with support cables along the length of the bridge.
https://twitter.com/fiu_cec
But a shot of the bridge shortly after being rotated in place shows no center column or tower with supporting cables.
https://news.fiu.edu/2018/03/commun...ridge-move-across-southwest-8th-street/120395
Surely a hydraulic jack or temporary pillar could have been left at the center point… or the column could have been built before the rotation took place. Even without a pedestrian load, the collapse clearly shows a failure along most of its length indicating to me that the tower and supporting cables were, at a bare minimum, a necessary function of the design.
What do you mech engineers think?
Prayers for the victims of this terrible tragedy.