Longting Bridge collapse Guizhou, China

[MintJulep]

This apparently happened last week - with no apparent coverage by the Western press.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNFnbkh0LWE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i52qfpXMS2Q

 

[Alistair_Heaton]

It was covered in Europe.

But mainly in none English media.

The UK trade newsfeeds had it.

 

[EdStainless]

They must have suspected something.
A bridge in China with no traffic on it?

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[Alistair_Heaton]

There was another one 2-3 weeks ago in china.

35 dead or something like that. Dropped a load of cars into a gorge.

 

[Murph 9000]

In the first video, at about 1:22, you can see the structure looks like it has moved a bit prior to collapse. Possibly scour underneath the further away pier, especially given the way the entire pier seems to dip down at one end once the collapse gets going. You can also see some sort of fence erected across it at the far side abutment. My guess is that they had been fortunate enough to notice movement in the piers before total failure.