Lomarandil
Structural
From the photo in the second article, it appears this may have been a launched segmental girder.
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(Launched?) bridge collapse during construction in Japan
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It looks like they were building the superstructure and substructure at the same time. There are false work towers that appear to have jacking strands supporting a beam which the new superstructure is bearing on.
It amazes me how often there are construction failures of this magnitude.
It amazes me how often there are construction failures of this magnitude.
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