As someone who studied civil engineering but then turned to computer science, I'm surprised the bridge wasn't designed to fail more gracefully. Designing how st

As someone who studied civil engineering but then turned to computer science, I'm surprised the bridge wasn't designed to fail more gracefully. Designing how structures failed was emphasized over and over again in my classes. Unfortunately, I'm also reminded of some of the reasons why I left the field: takes forever to do anything and getting any new major projects is more politicking than anything else, nowadays.