• palebluethought@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I mean I can’t speak to how “flimsy” this particular bridge is, but it was hit by a container ship. Those things weigh in the hundreds of thousands of tons. It doesn’t much matter how sturdy your bridge is, it’s going down.

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        9 months ago

        Then that bridge needed to be reinforced a long time ago, or ships like that shouldn’t be allowed there. This was a flimsy bridge for what it is dealing with.

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      9 months ago

      The bridge got hit by what is effectively a floating skyscraper