Bridge Down in Pittsburgh! - Massive Engineering Mistakes - S06 EP604 - Engineering Documentary

[@carstenk63]

Amazed how many factories are left with no inspection of any sort, the same for infrastructure builds, that are left for decades, without inspection!!

[@whoever6458]

From my understanding, most oil pipelines are never inspected after they are built, except for something being inspected on the inside with a pig device. If no one makes a company do something that costs them money, they simply won't do it and the same holds true for governmental things. Everyone cares more about profits than people.

[@whoever6458]

Honestly, you can barely notice those burn scars even when they've been pointed out but I know how it feels to have injuries that mostly you notice. The mental stuff is at least as hard as the physical stuff and it takes longer to heal but it will.

[@joblo341]

Was the bridge award revoked after the failure? Granted, the design wasn't the problem. It was a failure to inspect and do maintenance. A bit of scaling to remove rust and paint. It's 2022, I'm amazed that the people in the crash aren't suing the city/state for incompetence. How old was the bridge? 1972 built, crash 2022 in litigious USA (with an ambulance chaser under every bridge), ~ 50 years. What was the design life for the bridge? With proper maintenance it should have lasted longer. Why wasn't the "decades old" problem identified during an earlier examination? Those huge "cancer" holes would have been obvious long before the failure! Because none were done, right?

[@mariano7699]

Made in ... gues where ?😊 Maintenence included 😅 Capitalist Society 😅

[@stephennmullins3989]

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