08-01-2007, 06:32 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Strathmore
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Major bridge (in Minneapolis) collaspes during rush hour...
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08-01-2007, 06:39 PM
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I was just about to post this. I just saw it myself on Global Calgary. They showed footage of the bridge after it had collapsed and there were still cars and trucks sitting upright on the bridge as huge chunks of it sat there right on the river.
http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=31051
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNew...18596120070802
The bridge carrying Route 35W, which was under repair, buckled and fell into the river at about 6:10 p.m. local time (0:10 a.m. British time), local media reported.
Many more links by simply searching Google news.
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08-01-2007, 06:51 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Calgary
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CNN reports at least 3 dead.
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08-01-2007, 06:51 PM
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broke the first rule
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Saying on CNN just now that 7 people are dead (on TV, per a witness who talked to a police officer)...
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08-01-2007, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Estonia
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Holy s#it. That is unbelievable.
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08-01-2007, 07:11 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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What a horrible thing to be involved in.
A similar thing happened a few years ago in Oklahoma. A large bridge over Grand Lake was hit by a tug boat and collapsed. It was before dawn and several cars drove right off the interstate and into the lake before they could get it blocked off. Can't remember how many died. Horrid.
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08-01-2007, 07:17 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Calgary
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This is absolutely nuts. Bridges are supposed to be built to withstand the test of time. Someone's gonna be in deep trouble.
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08-01-2007, 07:40 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary Satellite Community
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Brutal.
Brings back memories of the collapsing overpass in Quebec last year I believe.
Ugh.
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08-01-2007, 07:44 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Estonia
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That is a hell of a drop. I cant believe anyone could survive that drop in a vehicle. Just insane.
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08-01-2007, 07:46 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Wow... very lucky that both sides broke at once and the span fell flat. Could have been a lot worse.
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08-01-2007, 07:49 PM
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Wonder if the train hitting it caused the collapse.
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08-01-2007, 07:51 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Estonia
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It was the bridge at the bottom of this pic.
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08-01-2007, 08:12 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Interestingly, they plated tonights game, specifically to keep people off the roads.
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08-01-2007, 08:17 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chummer
Wonder if the train hitting it caused the collapse.
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I think the bridge hit the train, not the other way around.
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08-01-2007, 08:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KevanGuy
That is a hell of a drop. I cant believe anyone could survive that drop in a vehicle. Just insane.
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking when they showed the shots on Global. I saw a few vehicles there sitting upright as if they'd landed in the exact spot they were in when it broke. It kind of blew me away that they fell that far and didn't get flipped over or at least turned sideways or something.
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08-01-2007, 09:01 PM
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That's wild!
Hard to believe things like that happen these days. Everything is so over designed and over built. I am curious to see what the cause was.
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08-01-2007, 09:08 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Burninator
I am curious to see what the cause was.
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Probably Fotze's mom running to Famous Daves BBQ Ribs.
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08-01-2007, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Calgary
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As a side note because I don't know if it deserves it's own thread, (though it probably does,) One of the videos that comes up with the one from MSNBC is about a guy who's been in a coma for 6 years and the Drs used electrodes on his brain to 'wake him up'. That's spectacular.
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08-01-2007, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Burninator
Hard to believe things like that happen these days. Everything is so over designed and over built. I am curious to see what the cause was.
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not sure what you mean by "these days" but I think the bridge was built in the 60's. I thought I also saw that the bridge was under repair. can't find it now...
In my opinion, computer modelling has made the design process much more accurate, and structures shouldn't be built as conservatively as they have been in the past (when detailed design was much too tedious).
even still, as a structural engineer, things like this make me really shudder. you quickly remember what you're number one mandate in design is: public safety.
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