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Wind stress? Don't be silly. When has wind stress ever been a problem for a suspension bridge?

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[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

we might as well fire the regulatory committee, we haven't had issues with collapsing bridges in 50 years!

[-] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 4 points 21 hours ago

31 people went to jail for a bridge collapsed in Italy in 2018, they were sentenced last month: https://www.dezeen.com/2026/07/17/ponte-morandi-bridge-collapse-sentence/

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

You got upper management written all over you, thank you for your shareholder value generation talents.

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