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National Boards => Bridges => Topic started by: roadman65 on October 01, 2019, 07:23:58 PM

Title: Taiwan Bridge collapses into harbor
Post by: roadman65 on October 01, 2019, 07:23:58 PM

https://mashable.com/video/taiwan-bridge-collapse/.

Video of a cable arch bridge fall with tanker truck on it.

Title: Re: Taiwan Bridge collapses into harbor
Post by: kevinb1994 on October 01, 2019, 09:05:30 PM

Quote from: roadman65 on October 01, 2019, 07:23:58 PM

https://mashable.com/video/taiwan-bridge-collapse/ (https://mashable.com/video/taiwan-bridge-collapse/).

Video of a cable arch bridge fall with tanker truck on it.

My mother is from Taichung and was horrified to hear this.

Title: Re: Taiwan Bridge collapses into harbor
Post by: SteveG1988 on October 03, 2019, 04:14:27 PM

According to reports a 3.8 earthquake struck the day before...and 3 years ago there were issues with the expansion joints being warped. http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201910020016.aspx