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Italian bridge collapse

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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by Gfamily » Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:45 pm

plodder wrote:
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another one

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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by Brightonian » Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:13 pm

Replacement for the Morandi bridge now finished: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... ly-morandi

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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by shpalman » Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:16 pm

It's being tested by having heavy lorries drive on it, before the final asphalt gets laid down.

It's going to have a relatively low speed limit on it (70-80 km/h), because of the curves at the ends of it I think.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by bmforre » Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:19 am

Le Monde reports the ceremonial opening today, Monday August 3, of the new bridge in Genoa replacing the failed Morandi one less than 2 years after the fall.

The building of this very important new bridge seems to stand out as a massive concordant effort. Not even the pandemic has been able to hold it back significantly. Very interesting reading but this article is marked as "reserved to subscribers".

I know the Guardian has reported on this. Will the BBC take up this news and analysis?

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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by tenchboy » Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:32 am

bmforre wrote:
Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:19 am
Le Monde reports the ceremonial opening today, Monday August 3, of the new bridge in Genoa replacing the failed Morandi one less than 2 years after the fall.

The building of this very important new bridge seems to stand out as a massive concordant effort. Not even the pandemic has been able to hold it back significantly. Very interesting reading but this article is marked as "reserved to subscribers".

I know the Guardian has reported on this. Will the BBC take up this news and analysis?
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by shpalman » Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:48 am

Why does the BBC article say that his design is "echoing a giant ship"? It's literally a road on pillars. (ETA It's because Renzo himself used the word vascello maybe to feel like a road on pillars wasn't a boring thing to be designing.)

I mean, I'm glad Renzo Piano basically "just" designed a simple road on pillars instead of going for something flashy or gimmicky, as Morandi's original design was.

ETA the successful completion of this piece of motorway infrastructure in Genova may not be appreciated by anyone who's tried to actually get to Genova over the past few weeks and been stuck in hours of tailbacks due to roadworks which somehow couldn't have been done during the lockdown.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by AMS » Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:01 pm

Nice bridge. Looks nothing like a ship though.

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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by shpalman » Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:29 pm

Interview with the boss of one of the four companies which worked 24/7 to make the concrete. Apparently the architect asked for "huggable" concrete.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by bmforre » Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:09 am

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Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:29 pm
Interview with the boss of one of the four companies which worked 24/7 to make the concrete. Apparently the architect asked for "huggable" concrete.
In what language? Any idea of what intention he tried to convey?

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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by shpalman » Tue Aug 04, 2020 7:05 am

bmforre wrote:
Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:09 am
shpalman wrote:
Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:29 pm
Interview with the boss of one of the four companies which worked 24/7 to make the concrete. Apparently the architect asked for "huggable" concrete.
In what language? Any idea of what intention he tried to convey?
Italian.

No. And neither did the boss, who then apparently asked for a more technical specification.

I can't remember which news program I saw it on.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by jimbob » Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:22 am

shpalman wrote:
Tue Aug 04, 2020 7:05 am
bmforre wrote:
Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:09 am
shpalman wrote:
Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:29 pm
Interview with the boss of one of the four companies which worked 24/7 to make the concrete. Apparently the architect asked for "huggable" concrete.
In what language? Any idea of what intention he tried to convey?
Italian.

No. And neither did the boss, who then apparently asked for a more technical specification.

I can't remember which news program I saw it on.
I'd have thought that if you were replacing a bridge that had collapsed in a notorious accident, you wouldn't want anything fancy.as being a bit inappropriate.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by basementer » Tue Aug 04, 2020 10:03 am

shpalman wrote:
Tue Aug 04, 2020 7:05 am
bmforre wrote:
Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:09 am
shpalman wrote:
Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:29 pm
Interview with the boss of one of the four companies which worked 24/7 to make the concrete. Apparently the architect asked for "huggable" concrete.
In what language? Any idea of what intention he tried to convey?
Italian.

No. And neither did the boss, who then apparently asked for a more technical specification.

I can't remember which news program I saw it on.
Something like "familiar and trustworthy" as opposed to "innovative" maybe?
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by Bird on a Fire » Tue Aug 04, 2020 5:51 pm

The underside does look a bit like the hull of a ship, to be fair. And I expect the architect paid attention to its aesthetics because of all the people that will pass underneath it, as well as on top.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by shpalman » Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:28 pm

It's open now and there were queues on it already. But that was partly due to people slowing down to take photos and videos.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by Bird on a Fire » Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:01 am

I drove over Vasco da Gama bridge today, picking up my sister from the airport.

Now that is a bridge that looks like a ship. I'm really quite fond of it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama_Bridge - look at those sails! 😍
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by shpalman » Sun Oct 04, 2020 11:04 am

We've had quite a bit of rain here in Como - the lake is flooding into the town centre - but Piemonte has had it far worse, with a bridge near Novara collapsing having been reopened a few hours earlier.

(It had been closed when the level of the river was higher.)
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by shpalman » Sun Oct 04, 2020 11:48 am

The had 6 months worth of rain in a few hours, apparently.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by shpalman » Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:28 pm

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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by lpm » Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:49 pm

God that's awful. The bit at the end where they show the victims' hats floating in the water bring home the tragedy.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by Mostly Harmless » Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:11 pm

Ashes to ashes,
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by Boustrophedon » Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:13 pm

Three of them didn't even spill their drinks.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by lpm » Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:04 am

This Baltimore bridge seems to just fold.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by Grumble » Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:26 am

lpm wrote:
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This Baltimore bridge seems to just fold.
The momentum of a fully laden container ship doesn’t bear thinking about, the force transferred to the bridge footing and then the bridge itself will be far in excess of the design calcs.
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Re: Italian bridge collapse

Post by Grumble » Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:38 am

Looks like the structure of the bridge would potentially land on top of vehicles under the water, making survival very difficult.
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