Bridge collapses along Forbes Avenue through Frick Park in Pittsburgh

The bridge that carries Forbes Avenue through Frick Park collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday morning.

It was unclear if anyone was injured. Pittsburgh Public Safety tweeted that updates on possible injuries would come later Friday morning.

A photo from Post-Gazette news partner KDKA-TV showed at least four vehicles that had fallen into the chasm left by the collapsed bridge, with another vehicle dangling precariously over the edge.

Port Authority confirmed that one of its 60-foot articulated buses was trapped on a slab of the remnants of the bridge that fell into the ravine. Agency spokesman Adam Brandolph said the bus driver and two passengers were able to escape and no one was injured.

Ironically

News of the collapse came as the city prepares for a visit from President Joe Biden, who is scheduled to speak Friday afternoon at Mill 19 in Hazelwood.

Mr. Biden is expected to speak on infrastructure during his remarks, particularly with a stress on the importance of the recently passed $1 trillion bill that is intended to fund repair and maintenance of the nation’s roads, bridges, railways and other physical infrastructure.

Nationwide, the American Society of Civil Engineers said in a 2021 report that 46,154 bridges were considered in poor condition, or about 7.5% of the country’s 617,000 bridges.

It's all about the money, honey.

That's both a scary number and a scary fraction of bridges that are in a poor state of repair. A very sad reflection on the state of the USA's infrastructure

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Bob Smith
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Will be interesting to see what the investigation reveals as the causes(s).
As it failed in winter, i could well believe existing cracking was exacerbated by water in those cracks. Freeze, thaw, freeze, thaw over a few years would well and truly accelerate the propagation of any existing cracks.

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Grant
Darwin NT

No Autopilot was involved in either of these incidences.

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A bit more about that bridge collapse in Pittsburgh.

Officials: Bridge not bad enough to close after inspection.

Obviously they were wrong and more frightening is that there are 5 other bridges around there of the same age and construction type still in use. I wonder how they rate ATM.

Well, one Tesla problem will be fixed.
NHTSA issues a safety recall on nearly 54,000 Teslas over 'rolling-stop' functionality.

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Grant
Darwin NT

This has been all over various cable news stations today...
NJ road rage incident ends in horrific crash as driver loses control, veers off road and flips over

DASH CAM VIDEO

As summarized by YouTube user Racerwong.Shooterwong, who observed the incident while traveling on the same road and posted the brief dashcam footage online, “Accord and Raptor decided to road rage each other. Accord lost.”

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Historic Steel Bridge to be partly Dismantled in the Netherlands Because it’s too Small for Bezos Superyacht to Pass

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What?+

Bezos goes oversized for his latest phallus??+++!


I hope his slaves appreciate their slavery and their assumed freedom...


All in an overly greedy world?
Martin

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Because it’s too Small for Bezos Superyacht to Pass

Obviously, the yacht builders (located upstream from the bridge) did their planning well.

Surely this issue should have been known about a long time before now!

Why were they offered the construction contract, and why on earth did they accept it?

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Graham

Because it’s too Small for Bezos Superyacht to Pass

Obviously, the yacht builders (located upstream from the bridge) did their planning well.

Surely this issue should have been known about a long time before now!

Why were they offered the construction contract, and why on earth did they accept it?

would have thought that was obvious, money. It's reported that the yacht is costing in the region of $500million.

no brainer really ;-)

P.

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Paid when it hits the water, not when it reaches the ocean. And until the owner gets it out, charge a dock fee!

A bit more about that bridge collapse in Pittsburgh.

Officials: Bridge not bad enough to close after inspection.

Obviously they were wrong and more frightening is that there are 5 other bridges around there of the same age and construction type still in use. I wonder how they rate ATM.

This is what the Germans do to unsafe bridges. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-60280834

Why were they offered the construction contract, and why on earth did they accept it?

Because the price of the yacht includes the costs of the partial dismantling & re-assembly of the bridge.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Time & time again, people in 4WDs think that just because they're in a 4WD that the laws of physics don't apply to them.
Couple plucked from ute stuck in raging floodwaters.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Only 32 month ban? - should have been loss for life and a spell doing community service, say 1000 hours when he is released.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Only 32 month ban? - should have been loss for life and a spell doing community service, say 1000 hours when he is released.

At the very least. :-O

They reckon that every village has to have 1, but there days I reckon that it must be 2, seems like that's the cases for islands as well. :-(

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