Bridge Collapse in Vietnam

[bridgebuster]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298068,00.html

 

[graybeach]

Wow. There are some photos on yahoo. It looks like it was a cable stayed bridge under construction.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/vietnam_bridge_collapse

 

[HgTX]

Before:

cable-stayed bridge of 500m main span
steel box girder in the central part of main span and prestressed concrete box girder in the remaining part of the structure

http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/2004-09/27/Stories/02.htm

http://www.stonesvn.com/public/news_detail.php?news_id=9

http://www.chodai.co.jp/en/field/b02_006.htm

Hg


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