Danish Bridge Near Miss! - Massive Engineering Mistakes - Engineering Documentary

[@ivanhorban340]

The first oil taken from the ground in the USA as in Pennsylvania. Look up Drakes well.

[@CamCrazy5-92]

There is likely a strong sense of relief that a potential disaster was narrowly avoided. Knowing that the mistakes were caught in time to prevent harm can bring a profound sense of gratitude and relief. The realization that there were significant engineering mistakes that could have led to a catastrophic event can be shocking. It highlights the vulnerability of infrastructure and the potential consequences of errors.

[@richardhiskett5422]

All US railroads park heavy cars on bridges in an to keep the water from lifting the bridge off the supports. If the water is too fast or too much debris collects on the bridge it gets pushed off the supports anyway. In this case the water washed the soil out from under the supports causi g the collapse.

[@EShirako]

And with it being a 'floating' foundation the river has a serious edge in its battle to kick the bridge over. Stuff could have been done to help that bridge, but at least it wasn't simple stupidity that caused the failure. And oh good, the replacement is pylons anchored into the bedrock, that's much better. Flowing water is powerful stuff!

[@bazra19]

As a young boy of 16 in 1956, on the M.V. Port Lincoln, we landed the very first outside TV broadcasting Unit in Australia, we landed it in Melbourn, I believe it went to St Kilda first,then on to Sydney.

[@CraigGrant-sh3in]

The Corvette museum had nothing to do with poor engineering. It was a sinkhole. Sinkholes can be natural or accidentally made by man. It is the eroding of rock or soil unseen underground.It can happen in most of Florida at all NY time because of the base rock eroding away because of underground water. It happened in many areas of the world. Man made is caused by man disturbing the ground causing underground water to change course or allowing water to move like when we bury pipes , sewers and other infrastructure projects. We bed pipes in sand and gravel to protect them but, in doing so we create moving, eroding water. Leaking water and sewer lines can also cause emission that opens up cavities which leads to collapse.

[@petemoore5104]

Google or KZbin... cenote Usually known phenomena of the Yucatan Peninsula. Your welcome.

[@bazra19]

Easy to solve on the BIG WHEEL install wires where there are gaps between the stare points, they would not be seen but would make it safe.

[@charonstyxferryman]

Not if the hub is self-destructing like that wheel. Moreover, wires need attachment points, and each attachment point needs to be stronger. So, no, it is neither easy nor simple.

[@colleenbrookes-gain6662]

Fascinating

[@lesliecarr312]

Since 1947, Texas City seems to have gathered a reputation that no city really wants. Iowa railroad bridge take out by the river after a loaded train was used to stabilize the bridge against the mighty river, shades of "Tycoon", with John Wayne and Anthony Quinn. "Scour" was actually part of what initiated the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam. Forget the giant Ferris wheels. They're all closed because nobody can build them safely. London Bridge wasn't the only one that went kerplop. They're always price-cutting fools willing to cut corners and throats to save a buck.

[@SadisticSenpai61]

At least the rail cars were loaded with rocks and not hazardous materials.

[@kenthansen3278]

Leaving aside the structural issues of the first "Star", the replacement, as of 2024, is in the hands of receivers, having gone bankrupt. The real issue is location. Nobody wants to spend A$40+ for a ride to look over derelict piers and water. There are Highrise building view opportunities at half the price, but in the heart of the city.

[@user-fl2wn5zr5z]

wrong gauge of mettal

[@reneethibeault5129]

Grady!!!!!! :)

[@CuriousMouseExploration]

43:40 So these places know about their 100-year to 500-year floods, yet they don't build to them. Why not? My state gets big floods every 10 to 30 years but even the news people forget about them while those of us who have lived here all our lives don't. You have to locate the flood zones and the history of flooding and then build to that. What is flood zone should only have parks and recreation in it like a few of the cities around me. Then build above that. I don't hardly see others do that. Then they're surprised when that big flood finally comes. ???

[@IllutianKade]

Seems like Denmark would benefit from....TRAINS (or a robust public transportation). Seriously, widening roads has never worked. You widen, so more people decide to drive; road ends up just as congested.

[@MB_Christian]

Denmark has a massive rail system, as well as a lot of public transportation. (My grandfather drove Danish trains north of Copenhagen, as well as loaded them on ferry and continuing train into Germany and France. I was a young kid riding in locomotive.) I grew up in Denmark, basically a peninsula, several larger islands and hundreds of smaller islands and thousands of miles of coast line. It's an old country - think Vikings. Denmark is and has always been the "Gateway to the North." When I was younger Farø-broen aka Faroe Bridge, as well as the bridge to Sweden, didn't even exist. Except for Copenhagen and a few large towns, this is a country with lots of agriculture and windmill renewable energy, and lots of history. If you took a trip there, you'd see LOTS of trains. 💛 Thousands of university students and just about everyone else rely on this network. Also, EVERYONE there owns and rides a bike. 💛 I think we sometimes forget when an on or off ramp has to be designed in the US, or relief of "bottlenecks" require roads and overpasses to be reconfigured, expanded or built, we have a bit more forgiveness both with laws and physical space. And then we have road construction for years... Japan appears to be the most efficient executing large projects, but it doesn't seem like anywhere in the World are immune to oversights, miscalculations, politics, (Texas winter, Hurricane Katrina, Paradise Fire, where improvements *could* have made a difference,) lack of funding, shortcuts, human error and Mother Earth throwing a curveball for fun every now and again.

[@user-fl2wn5zr5z]

water will do what ever it pleases

[@AngryChicKen-VIP]

Grady?? lol

[@kevinquist]

I hate it when I get a clogged cog. 🤪😜😝

[@muquinqui3560]

ooof

[@picobyte]

Is this about that wooden bridge that should last one hundred years?😆

[@carstenkh]

😅 sorry to tell you, it was not a wooden bridge, the wood are support for casting concrete - just so you know 🤗

[@EShirako]

It may be the one you're thinking of. The wooden *casting form* that the concrete was being poured into was improperly made, so we saw 'lots of lumber' in the catastrophe's photographs, but the wood was there to hem in the concrete they were pouring to make a 'one-piece concrete roadway' or whatever. The forms failed before the concrete had hardened at all, so it mostly flowed away. But yes, this might include the one you are thinking of. The explanation starts at about 33:22 in this video.