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      03-16-2018, 11:28 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by IK6SPEED View Post
It is very easy to put in a ~100 ft bridge, much less a foot bridge with minimum weight expected on it. The key is distributing the weight, which is done via cables on the top.

The bridge and those cables was going through tweaking (stress testing) and the cable on the crane providing support (to take support off the bridge while this was going on) snapped.

It was a failure of the crane’s cable, not the bridge.
well i guess the results can say that crane, cables werent sufficient to support the massive bridge. the center columns wouldve been great structure to support the weight.
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