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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
These Harbour Bridges can be terrifying because it's hard to design for the force of an errant ship hitting the support Pier directly like that. That's a pretty intricate system where once a few pieces are compromised the whole thing goes.
There's a reason I ran away from my old job...I hated bridges...not enough money for the risk you take in building them.
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I do wonder why there are not concrete 'diverters' in front of the legs to take the brunt and divert the ship before it hits the support.