cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/45538232
Part of a recently-opened bridge collapsed in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan along a national highway linking the country’s heartland with Tibet on Tuesday (Nov 11), local authorities said, but there were no reports of casualties.
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Construction of the bridge finished earlier this year, according to a video posted by the contractor Sichuan Road & Bridge Group on social media.
There is no estimated timeline for the reopening of the highway, local authorities said, as reported by China Daily.
The bridge is located near Shuangjiangkou hydropower project. The South China Morning Post reported earlier that the project, which will be the world’s tallest dam when completed, began storing water on May 1.
So … um … I’ve never seen a bridge survive a mountain falling onto it, have you? Did they build the mountain too, or am I missing something else?
Honestly, a lot more of the bridge survived than I would have expected, and oh yeah, they saw this coming; It closed days before.
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In addition to what has already been said by @Geoblock in this thread, your comment misses some important points here. They saw this coming as closed days before? - Well, yeah, the bridge was closed after cracks appeared on nearby slopes and roads, and shifts were seen in the terrain of the mountain … How is this possible? What went wrong in the tests so that this bridge could be built at all?
They made a fuckup, caught it, and mitigated the risk to human life and well-being. A little work and some building materials wasted, but shit happens.
Read ‘Cadillac desert’. Tell me how that happens, and still hasn’t been addressed.
What went wrong, with an entire mountain you say?