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> In general Italy builds transit infrastructure cheaply by European standards And then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Morandi https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by zabzonk 3y ago
> In general Italy builds transit infrastructure cheaply by European standards
And then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Morandi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Morandi
- mc32 3y agoGiven that bridge was in its 5th decade, I don't see how that applies to what the Italians have done in the last couple of decades, unless you're arguing what they are building today will be tomorrows Morandi Bridges?
- zabzonk 3y agoi have no idea what the italians have been doing. i would observe that in the uk most bridge failures were in the 19th century, when the properties of materials such as cast iron were not too well understood - same lack of understanding that the morandi bridge seems to have had much more recently.
- handsclean 3y agoWikipedia lists 282 bridge failures between 2000 and present, 4 of which occurred in the UK, 7 in Italy, and 35 in the US.
- zabzonk 3y agono doubt my wikipedia skills are lacking, but kindly where are you getting the 4 in the uk from?
- handsclean 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_failures#2000–present https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_failures#2000–p... I admit it’s not great data, but I think it’s a step better than drawing conclusions from a single event.