> I don't know what I was expecting, the bridge just looked extremely fragile, makes me wonder what other bridges are at risk of an event like this. The bridge

> I don't know what I was expecting, the bridge just looked extremely fragile, makes me wonder what other bridges are at risk of an event like this. The bridge style in question > Conversely, continuous truss bridges rely on rigid truss connections throughout the structure for stability. Severing a continuous truss mid-span endangers the structure. However, continuous truss bridges do not experience the tipping forces that a cantilever bridge must resist because the main span of a continuous truss bridge is supported at both ends. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_truss_bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_truss_bridge * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_(Baltimore) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_(Balt... So taking out one end basically takes out the whole thing. I would not be surprised that when they build the replacement, it will be a design where the individual components are more self-resilient, like: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable-stayed_bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable-stayed_bridge The engineering best practices, budgets, and needs may have been different fifty years ago. Cargo ships were also a lot smaller fifty years ago.