Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh

[HarleyDog]

(01-29-2022, 06:16 PM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: When they said that it was in Frick Park, I thought that it was some small bridge over a stream on a side road through the park. Then I saw the picture with the bus. I never knew the name of the bridge, but I've been over it several times before. It's huge, it's high, and it carries Forbes Avenue (a major artery in the Oakland section) over a huge ravine. 

Im stunned no one was killed. A friend who is a Structural Engineer explained to me in structural engineering jargon that the design of the bridge is why it collapsed the way that it did, and why no one was killed. He said that another design would've probably resulted in a different type of collapse that would've probably been deadly. 

Wow. That's interesting. It could have been a tragedy for sure. Specially since people often walked under it. Think I read where some guy was walking his dog down there. It's just a blessing nobody was fatally injured.