🚨BREAKING: MORE photos showing the Collapsed Train Bridge in the Big Sioux River due to major flooding. The bridge sits between North Sioux City, South Dakota & Sioux City, Iowa.

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`All our honours are in the dust! It cannot now be said, that in the course of 30 years practice and engaged in some of the most difficult enterprises, not one of Smeaton’s works has failed’. John Smeaton writing after the failure of Hexham Bridge #Smeaton300 1/2

In the Middle Ages large numbers of bridges were built across England, including at Rochester. The achievement of those medieval bridge builders was impressive and now you can find out more in a talk on Tuesday, 9 July. Tickets are free but must be booked: https://rbt.org.uk/news/find-out-more-about-bridges-in-the-middle-ages/

BBC News - Bridge to stay shut after no takers for repair bid

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The Second Severn crossing, later renamed Prince of Wales Bridge, opened #onthisday 1996. At the time it was the longest river crossing in UK. Aerial view from BCIA entry 1996. Engineering by Halcrow Group and SEEE. Read about all the Severn crossings https://ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/severn-crossings…

This Safety Report from 2018 involves the design and installation of the bridge bearing zones on a new prestressed precast concrete viaduct. The CROSS Expert Panel comments on the worry that such a complex structures may be poorly designed and executed. https://bit.ly/3xKTpmF

BBC News - Months of repairs for 'critical' road bridge

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JUST IN: Dashcam footage released of the semi-truck that launched over the edge of the 2nd Street Bridge in Kentucky.

33-year-old Trevor W. Branham has been charged for the crash.

Branham's Chevrolet truck can be seen speeding and swerving before weaving out of the way to avoid

In 2015, a major infrastructure owner reported an incident at a motorway overbridge where a piece of spalling concrete fell onto the carriageway and striking a vehicle. They made suggestions for the contributory factors and lessons that could be learned. https://bit.ly/49KCEVT