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2024-03-27 04:12:36 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6E8784555D060DD848252AC83075D721BD8A458440462831C9A4E73F78A67AF3
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The collapse is no surprise “If the column is destroyed, basically the structure will fall down. It’s not possible to redistribute the loads. It was not designed for these things.” - Dan Frangopol, a bridge engineering and risk professor at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/26/how-key-bridge-collapsed-baltimore/
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