You can tell from the photo there was a retrofit done with the tension cable, which the fractured bracing member was mostly for, to resist the tension from the lateral force from wind. I’m not familiar with the failure of this bridge, as a bridge engineer I’m quite interested in this.
thenewyorkgod on January 28th, 2022 at 18:40 UTC »
Source: https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1078885655634157569
Glathull on January 28th, 2022 at 19:16 UTC »
I’m not exactly a bridge doctor or anything, but that doesn’t look good to me.
tqi2 on January 28th, 2022 at 19:50 UTC »
You can tell from the photo there was a retrofit done with the tension cable, which the fractured bracing member was mostly for, to resist the tension from the lateral force from wind. I’m not familiar with the failure of this bridge, as a bridge engineer I’m quite interested in this.