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Yes, and engineers learn from those mistakes, rather than repeating them every 10 years.

• run4yourlives 18y ago
  You would think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_disasters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_disasters
  • nazgulnarsil 18y ago
    and how many of those were due to circumstance beyond the engineers control?
    • evilneanderthal 18y ago
      my thoughts exactly. i'm looking through... boat collision, boat collision, construction failure, no inspection, fire, bombs, etc. etc. i see tacoma narrows in 1940: "Since that time all new bridges have been modeled in wind tunnels." edit: here, have some engineering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_bridge