37chief: I have to agree with you. The biggest screw up I see out of this is not shutting down traffic while they were working on the bridge.
Some things to think about: 1) The motivation for this bridge was the single death of a student. Now we have six dead because of the bridge. No point just an observation. 2) I am not any type of engineer. I just do not see any common sense in having a 1000 ton bridge to span only 175 feet. I would bet that a steel bridge could have been built that was much lighter and cheaper/faster to build. 3) I am betting that several egg heads and politicians pushed this bridge design because it was "pretty" and would be "ground breaking". All while spending other people's money, TAX payers. 4) I wonder if the same wizards of smart will try to just change the design a little bit and rebuild it like the one that failed???? 5) I bet there are prefabbed steel bridges that could be build entirely off site and trucked in within a short time frame. You not redesigning the wheel here folks. I know of several walk bridges that span much longer distances and they are simple steel structures built in sections and bolted/welded together.
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