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Originally Posted by UncleWede
A single point of failure, on a 100-ton bridge, held with just one crane?
Even Tony Beets wouldn't try that
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It was 950 tons. Hindsight is 20/20 of course, but it just seems odd to someone uninformed like me to think of it being stress tested before it was finished with traffic under it, which I think is different than routine repairs on bridges that are already operating. I can understand it getting finishing touches while traffic was under it (after being deemed structurally secure), but stress testing it before it is open seems like something to do at 2 am Monday when it is easier to close the road to traffic.