Saturday, 17 March 2018

Crack in Miami bridge didn’t raise red flags before it collapsed

An engineer involved in the design of the pedestrian bridge that collapsed Thursday at Florida International University left a voice-mail message on Tuesday warning a state transportation official of “some cracking” in the bridge. The engineer, Denney Pate of FIGG Bridge Engineers Inc., said in the message that he did not regard the cracking as a safety issue. At least six people were killed when the 174-foot, 960-ton bridge collapsed. More victims may be buried […]



source https://therealdeal.com/miami/2018/03/17/crack-in-fiu-pedestrian-bridge-didnt-raise-a-red-flag-before-it-collapsed/#new_tab

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