Fail

[let it fly]

The day didn’t go as planned !

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/globalne...collapses/amp/

[mediumrare]

Lucky the dude in front of the truck was off the bridge

[barbless]

I wonder if the guy walking in front of the truck could see the metal bending or hear the creaking of the deck or see the big sag the vehicle put on the bridge. Good thing for the driver it went straight down

[Grizzly Adams]

That's why we have engineers, they're supposed to head this off at the pass. Somebody obviously screwed up.

Grizz

[jpohlic]

Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams

That's why we have engineers, they're supposed to head this off at the pass. Somebody obviously screwed up

or a truck driver exceeded the weight capacity of the bridge

[TimeOff]

Reminds me of a Calvin and Hobbs sketch: "Dad, how do they know the load rating of a Bridge?" "Well son, they build the Bridge, then they drive heavier and heavier trucks across until it breaks. Then the re-build the Bridge and rate it for the last truck that drove over safely"

[Grizzly Adams]

Originally Posted by TimeOff

Reminds me of a Calvin and Hobbs sketch: "Dad, how do they know the load rating of a Bridge?" "Well son, they build the Bridge, then they drive heavier and heavier trucks across until it breaks. Then the re-build the Bridge and rate it for the last truck that drove over safely"

That would be the bridge into Sundre. It's weight rating is exceeded regularly.

Grizz

[Zip-in-Z]

Perhaps a few of you would remember this fail!

June 2001 Collapse of a three year old $2M Iron Creek Bridge (Culvert) on Alaska Hwy (Km 918) near Watson Lake. It was 23 meters wide (76 feet), 8.2 meters high (27 feet), and 35 meters long (115 feet). What a costly mess, thankfully, no one was hurt.

D.

[Zip-in-Z]

Duck ..... another fail, happened in the USA.

D.

[1bowhunter12]

^^ that would have woke you up alright .. so imagine there will be a few more washes out culverts and bridges this year too

[bobtodrick]

Originally Posted by TimeOff

Reminds me of a Calvin and Hobbs sketch: "Dad, how do they know the load rating of a Bridge?" "Well son, they build the Bridge, then they drive heavier and heavier trucks across until it breaks. Then the re-build the Bridge and rate it for the last truck that drove over safely"

Calvin and Hobbes and Bloom County were the best comic strips ever.

[pikergolf]

Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams

That's why we have engineers, they're supposed to head this off at the pass. Somebody obviously screwed up.

Grizz

Wouldn't take an engineer to look at that bridges construction to know it was going to fail.

[Grizzly Adams]

Apparently this one met the test in it's day, Alaska Highway.



Grizz

[Mayhem]

Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams

That's why we have engineers, they're supposed to head this off at the pass. Somebody obviously screwed up.

Grizz

Guy was obviously going way too slow for that bridge...hard to believe stuff like this still happens, what with all the pre-planning, planning, safety meetings, pre-job safety meetings, more safety meetings, hazzard assessments, right to refuse unsafe work...

Originally Posted by pikergolf

Wouldn't take an engineer to look at that bridges construction to know it was going to fail.

Truth