[Strutz]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Many bridges in North America also date from the 50s and 60s when governments built the huge highway networks.

Pretty much no politician anywhere (US, Canada, Europe) wants to spend money on rehabilitation and maintenance because there is no flashy photo op to win votes and generate more donations.

When they do spend the money everyone freaks out about it and then whine about the disruption it causes to traffic even though beforehand they whine about "something needs to be done to make it better". No win situation.

[martin14]

Pic of the bridge from a few weeks ago.

[CharlesAnthony]

Strutz Strutz:

No win situation.

The concrete mafia always wins. We do not have to go across the pond to see the logs in our own eyes.

[DrCaleb]

martin14 martin14:

Pic of the bridge from a few weeks ago.

Not a chance you could get me to drive across that.

[llama66]

I looks like part of some post-apocalyptic movie set. What the hell is that dangling off the side? No, Thank you. DrCaleb is right, there is not enough money to pay me to drive across that nightmare.

[martin14]

llama66 llama66:

I looks like part of some post-apocalyptic movie set. What the hell is that dangling off the side?

Wires.

$1:

No, Thank you. DrCaleb is right, there is not enough money to pay me to drive across that nightmare.

Sadly they dont give you a side view before you go over.

[martin14]

A video of the A10 around Genova

[martin14]

This one is after the bridge, heading to Savona.

It's all bridge - tunnel - bridge - tunnel - bridge.

Gives you an idea of how much inspection work is coming....

[2Cdo]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

martin14 martin14:

Pic of the bridge from a few weeks ago.

Not a chance you could get me to drive across that.

Or even walk across.

[raydan]

Or under.

[BartSimpson]

At least 39 killed in Italy after bridge collapse

https://abcnews.go.com/International/su ... d=57198213

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As the death toll continues to climb from a highway bridge collapse in northwest Italy, survivors spoke to reporters about how they managed to escape the catastrophe unscathed.

Afifi Idriss, a Moroccan lorry driver, said he was driving on the Morandi Bridge in the port city of Genoa when a vast section of it buckled Tuesday. Idriss, 39, told Agence France-Presse he managed to bring his vehicle to a halt just in time, as dozens of cars and three trucks ahead of him plunged 150 feet to the ground.

"I saw the green lorry in front of me stop and then reverse so I stopped too, locked the truck and ran," Idriss said.

Davide Capello, a former goalkeeper for Italian football club Cagliari Calcio, said his vehicle went down with the bridge and he felt "incredibly lucky" to be alive.

"I remember that the road was collapsing, I was passing through and I heard a deafening sound and I saw the road going down and I was going down with it and I thought the worse," Capello, 33, told Repubblica TV.

Capello, who is now a firefighter, said he immediately called his fellow firefighters for help, as well as his family members to let them know he was OK.

"Its one of the most busy roads and it is unthinkable that something like that could happen in Italy," he said.

It was unclear from the interview with Repubblica TV exactly how Capello got out unharmed.

The Morandi Bridge, which connects highway traffic between Italy and France, collapsed on the eve of Ferragosto, a major summer holiday in Italy when Roman Catholics celebrate the Assumption of Mary. At least 39 people, including three children, were killed and another 15 were injured, authorities said.

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the incident.

The Italian cabinet on Wednesday declared a 12-month state of emergency for Genoa, with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte calling the bridge's collapse "unacceptable in modern society."

Meanwhile, hundreds of rescue workers remain at the scene in a desperate search for more survivors. Buildings beneath the bridge were damaged in the collapse and authorities are concerned that what's left of the structure could crumble.

"It continues to be a rescue operation until they have searched all the rubble," Italian fire official Emanuelle Gissi told ABC News on Wednesday. "They finished one side of the river bank and moved to the other side."

[MeganC]

[Sunnyways]

How bad was the storm?

[BartSimpson]

Sunnyways Sunnyways:

How bad was the storm?

Bad enough to be blamed for a bridge failure that probably would have happened anyway.

[martin14]

Sunnyways Sunnyways:

How bad was the storm?

Not that bad.
They were working on the foundations when it fell.


I have a friend who was on it last fall, he said you could feel the bridge shaking.
I thankfully haven't been on it in years.




Final death toll from Genoa bridge collapse stands at 43 as authorities say all the missing have been found and begin their mammoth clean-up operation

A 600ft section of the Morandi Bridge caved in on Tuesday just before noon
With the cause of the disaster still unknown, many have blamed the government




The French have reported up to 840 bridges need work.

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Meanwhile, an independent audit commissioned by the French government found that 840 bridges in France have serious damages and are at risk of collapse.

The audit, published by the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, states that there are 12,000 government-maintained bridges in France, and of these about one third need repairs and 7% - or about 840 bridges - present a 'risk of collapse' in the future

I have read the Italians may spend up to 80 Billion euros auditing and fixing bridges.