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Originally Posted by IK6SPEED
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.
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I know nothing about bridges, so I thought I'd ask you.
Other then the crane cable, where are the bridges cables?
I thought this was a simple concrete girder bridge how are the cables attached?