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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
to be clear boats hit bridges all the time, even big boats, the surprise here is that the bridge fell down from something it aught to be able to survive[
There’s almost no bridge design that could withstand having a key support completely wiped out, and there’s not pier support that could be designed to withstand a cargo ship dead on striking it. It’s why there’s supposed to be so many other preventative measures in place,
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That was kind of my point, bridges are designed so boats dont get to the support, they have islands of concrete or dirt around them to absorb the hit, I mean getting hit by a boat is pretty much the main danger a bridge faces