The only reason this incident didn't have a more drastic outcome is because the failure occurred just coming out of the lift station. The lift runs 3.4 km gaining 4,133 ft of elevation. It's a 12 minute ride.
3 killed, 4 injured in Strong River bridge collapse in Mississippi - UPI article
It looks like an excavator went down with the structure during the demolition phase of reconstruction. Sad.
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cp24.com - Five Canadians dead after small plane from Ontario crashes near Nashville
Two things, the flight profile seems odd given a spike in speed approximately 15 minutes before the crash (12 minutes before passing over the field). It's as though the engine went full throttle during the...
"Critical failure" closes I-195 west on Washington Bridge in Providence, Rhode Island - CBS
Casey Jones - Youtube has already done a review - Why does it take three days to close a bridge?
The failed anchor rod is part of the center span. I don't know which pier is involved. There is an...
From CBC - Residents of Edmonton condo building urged to evacuate over concerns of collapse
As remediation work stemming from a significant fire (Global News) proceeded, it became apparent things were not as they should be.
OH!
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From the pattern of diagonal cracks in the stucco, it...
Norway bridge collapse (Part 1)
The latest on the Tretten bridge collapse from Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (English site)
- Sub-report 1 on the bridge collapse at Tretten on 15 August 2022 - Published 15.08.2023, 3.7 MB
- Appendix B - 33.5 MB
- Report film for download (188 MB)...
Link to Halifax Crane Collapse - Hurr. Dorian
From CBC News
There are problems when ND testing fails to expose multiple welding defects, the crane cannot weather-vane for two weeks, follow up reports are submitted, yet the crane collapses anyway and the only penalty is a two day suspension, a...
Maybe not the most forum related but I'll throw this up in case anyone is interested as I've already done the work. Chalk it up to March Madness.
Since many disasters occur at night, the context is limited to the aftermath. I took a crop from a storm chasers video, a single frame lit from a...
When life gets real too fast. From the CBC report, a quick check on Google Earth shows a storm surge of approximately seven meters. An overlay shows a potential impact area affecting many shoreline homes and businesses and several low lying areas.
from CBC report over Google Earth...
CTV News - 2 in hospital after rooftop parking lot in East Vancouver collapse
CBC News - 2 taken to hospital after rooftop parking deck collapses into office in East Vancouver
When I heard the news on the radio earlier today, that a rooftop parking structure in East Vancouver collapsed, my mind...
Please allow me to continue the previous thread (Miami Pedestrian Bridge, Part XIV) as the prior is getting unwieldy.
For those who have lost track of the discussion, my summary is that we have most recently moved into a discussion of the progression of nodal region deterioration of members 11...
From Google Maps August 2018, the construction site hosting the crane is the red plot while the location of the building upon which the crane collapsed is the green site.
View from Brenton St. facing west showing the construction site hosting the crane in the foreground.
View from South Park...
Maintenance? What maintenance?
TDOT indicates this bridge was constructed in 1959 and last inspected July 2018.
The tree at the east support looks out of place and the gap between the beams (visible from underneath) on the west support looks odd. It also seems that the purchase on the west...
