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The bridge’s advertised maximum downward deflection is 10.8 feet. Unless that’s an incredibly blatant lie, I don’t see how a deflection of 7 feet would almost b
by seandougall 8y ago
The bridge’s advertised maximum downward deflection is 10.8 feet. Unless that’s an incredibly blatant lie, I don’t see how a deflection of 7 feet would almost break the bridge.
Edit: the article does go on to acknowledge that, after the point where I’d originally stopped reading out of exasperation with the typical BANG clickbait.
- the_seraphim 8y agoThe bridge was designed with a maximum deflection of 16 feet vertically and 27 feet horizontally.