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Hernando de Soto Bridge (I-40 Mephis)
Not a bridge engineer, but just looking at the number of bolts in the that box beam's web splice plates there looks to be better than a 1,000,000 pounds of bolt shear capacity. Assuming such significant tension? load I would have expected major/significant splice plates on the top and bottom...- opus62
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- Forum: Engineering Failures & Disasters
