Social media video shows moment new bridge collapses in China
www.abc.net.au
Video has been captured of the moment a bridge in China partially collapses with the structure becoming engulfed in plumes of dust.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/45538232

Part of a recently-opened bridge collapsed in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan along a national highway linking the country’s heartland with Tibet on Tuesday (Nov 11), local authorities said, but there were no reports of casualties.

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Construction of the bridge finished earlier this year, according to a video posted by the contractor Sichuan Road & Bridge Group on social media.

There is no estimated timeline for the reopening of the highway, local authorities said, as reported by China Daily.

The bridge is located near Shuangjiangkou hydropower project. The South China Morning Post reported earlier that the project, which will be the world’s tallest dam when completed, began storing water on May 1.

  • MachineFab812
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    2 days ago

    They generally base such things on the likelihood of finding issues in a given timeframe.

    Pretending that’s lower so soon after construction “if only it were built properly” is backwards and wrong. In-depth inspections are more common and necessary in the weeks, months, years closer to initial construction, and their findings identify issues that need checked as time goes on.

    You don’t check more often and thoroughly because you did a shit job at construction, in fact avoiding/faking inspections is one of the CHIEF hallmarks of shody work and corruption.

    You see, that’s when people die.