New pedestrian bridge at FIU collapses. Cars and people crash.

[edjr 5,564]

The bridge was installed at Southwest 109th Avenue Saturday morning

 

 

 

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/west-miami-dade/article205316174.html

[wiffleball 4,640]

I knew when given the choice, I should have told bunny to go with the bridge.

[NorthernVike 2,080]

I knew when given the choice, I should have told bunny to go with the bridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bill E. 666]

What a mess.

[Cloaca du jour 2,064]

Just finished Saturday.... some undocumented workers going to jail

[wiffleball 4,640]

It's FIU. Nothing but a farm system for the canes and the Seminoles.

 

Black don't crack.

 

But it sure does splat.

[Baker Boy 1,485]

Affirmative Action!

[posty 2,296]

Ban pedestrian bridges...

[cyclone24 1,814]

Maybe don't do a bridge stress test while there's a moving vehicles with people underneath it. Pro tip.

 

Somebody's about to get their ever-loving balls sued off.

[mobb_deep 917]

Florida...

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,584]

Florida...

 

man 7 more and we could have a walkout in school

[frank 2,145]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/calvinandhobbesagain.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/carrying-capacity-of-bridges/amp/

[wiffleball 4,640]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/calvinandhobbesagain.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/carrying-capacity-of-bridges/amp/

 

 

His Dad effing with him was always my fave part.

 

Excellent post.

[Baker Boy 1,485]

The two firms responsible for building Florida International University’s "instant bridge," which suddenly collapsed Thursday and left six people dead, are coming under increased scrutiny as details emerge of past engineering failures and inspection fines -- including a recent accusation that one hired “unskilled” and “careless” workers.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/16/companies-behind-florida-bridge-collapse-have-history-fines-failures-lawsuits.html

[Baker Boy 1,485]

The pedestrian bridge that collapsed at Florida International University's Miami-Dade campus today, killing several people, was funded with $11.4 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. The TIGER program has come under repeated fire for awarding money based on politics rather than merit.

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Members of Florida's congressional delegation publicly lauded the TIGER award to FIU. "Thanks to this TIGER funding, FIU students will be able to walk from their student housing to class through a pedestrian bridge across Southwest Eighth Street," Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.) said in 2013. "More jobs will be created in our community thanks to this grant, and I look forward to celebrating the project's success with everyone in South Florida."

 

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R–Fla.) made similar comments on Saturday. "FIU has come a long way since the TIGER grant that funded this pedestrian bridge was awarded in 2013," he said. "This project represents a true collaboration among so many different partners at local, state, and federal levels, and in both the public and private sectors."

https://reason.com/blog/2018/03/15/collapsed-fiu-bridge-was-funded-by-feder