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Baltimore bridge collapses after a barge hits it. How does a bridge collapse like that? (Page 2)
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Probably the inertia of the fully loaded cargo ships weight combined with there possibly being structural weakness's in the bridge.
Bridges are built to withstand forces from the top not the side.
I mean... it got hit with something weighing 500 tons. That's a lot of inertia to stop.
Try 300-500x that much
@Redstang88 Yeah I see now it was 95,000 tons. I hadn't seen the video yet... didn't actually know what kind of ship it was. Seems like that would have been a question that didn't need asking unless OP hadn't seen it either... thought it was a tug or something.
Ah yeah a tug and barge hitting a bridge is a little different. Loaded container ship makes it pretty self explanatory why it collapsed
@Redstang88 all i heard was "a boat hit the bridge and it fell down"
Sounds like the Bridge should have been inspected more often, and it failed to happen.
Lack of maintenance or maybe the materials used to build the infrastructure were not the best or maybe barge hit the bridge really hard.
It wasn't a very good bridge to begin with and was probably poorly designed. It also could have been a good bridge that was old and poorly maintained like most things in the US.
Look the difference in mass, it’s pretty easy to happen like that, they aren’t built to take a hit like that
You would collapse if a massive ship hit you.
Its surprising that the people who constructed the bridge didn't make it ship proof
Most bridges are built so that a failure at one support tower is enough to bring down the whole bridge.
Clearly, the bridge was shit, and whoever designed it wants shooting.
Simples...
A boat hit it obviously. Why did the twin towers fall? Hmm maybe giant jets hit it.
The ship hit the main support beam of course the bridge is gonna collapse like that.
Because conservatives refuse to spend money on anything but tax cuts.
What’s that got to do with a ship blackout?
Watch the video! Just like dominoes. Knock one down and the rest follows!
When you damage the support structure of a heavy object it will usually fail
The age of the bridge probably had a lot to do with it. Or, it was poor engineering.
Because a ship hit the pillar.
Poor construction?
It has been operating fine since 1976. The support column was destroyed by the ship. If someone was shot in the leg, they would fall. Remove the support and the bridge falls.
@Jersey2 I didn’t know it got hit by a ship. How is that even possible?
This video explains it well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSuICKlUOUw
It looked like it was done on purpose tbh