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Re: [ManySpans] Suspension footbridge collapse





Pictures / slide show here:





http://nwitimes.com/packages/slideshows/070409bridgecollapse/








----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick S. O&apos;Donnell" <1.991km@...>
To: ManySpans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2009 4:20:46 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [ManySpans] Suspension footbridge collapse










Suspension footbridge of "about 90 feet long" fails with dozens on it.

Bridge is in NW Indiana and is not on David's inventory.  I wasn't aware of it
until a breaking / headline news video on Comcast.

Here's an article:

http://www.nwi.com/articles/2009/07/05/news/top/doc4a5048a73c7bc222958411.txt

Bridge appears here in this satellite image on Acme Mapper:

http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=41.50223,-87.32818&z=19&t=S&marker0=41.50223%2C-87.32\
818%2C0.9%20mi%20ExNE%20of%20Turkey%20Creek%20Meadows%20IN


-Patrick

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Suspension footbridge of "about 90 feet long" fails with dozens on it. Bridge is in NW Indiana and is not on David's inventory.  I wasn't aware of it until a...
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Pictures / slide show here: http://nwitimes.com/packages/slideshows/070409bridgecollapse/ ... From: "Patrick S. O'Donnell" <1.991km@...> To:...
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... 50+ people on that size bridge means it was severely overloaded. Let me guess...they were watching fireworks. -- ...
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I believe they were returning following watching fireworks. Apparently the bridge wasn't designed for the typical live load figure of being loaded with people...
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