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2024-03-27 08:03:42 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D6BDC5FEEF50A38EE3E6D825E8925F1547690B9B2433E799D46660B3161C9EAA
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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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