ain't no Sunshine, was: Baltimore Bridge

In <uu4uaf$rmt$1@reader1.panix.com> danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> writes:

In <N4mcnaFh6rVOdJj7nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@giganews.com> BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid> writes:

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Don't you remember St. Petersburg?

 
St. Petersburg, Russia? Or Florida? In either case, I don't recall any
bridge collapses in either place. Can you refresh my memory?

I suspect the earlier poster is referring to this little
even in Florida, but it was Sweetwater:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_International_University_pedestrian_bridge_collapse

some more info on the FL bridge collapses:

[wsj]

Federal guidelines to protect bridges from vessel strikes were
drafted following the 1980 collapse of the Tampa Bay Sunshine
Skyway Bridge after a freighter rammed into one of its supports.
Bridges built before the guidelines were released in 1991 weren't
compelled to comply - but some areas have opted to
retrofit their bridges for safety. The Sunshine bridge has since
been rebuilt but wasn't among the eight that met the width and
height criteria used in the Journal's analysis.
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rest of a pretty good article, including diagrams:

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/these-eight-u-s-bridges-are-vulnerable-to-a-repeat-of-the-baltimore-crash-f2a2a057?st=8hwri6mbhpuuewf&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink


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