MIAMI — Engineers and state and university officials met hours before a newly built pedestrian bridge collapsed, killing six people, but concluded that a crack in the bridge was not a safety concern, Florida International University said on Saturday.The two-hour meeting on Thursday involved FIGG, which is the private contractor for the overall design of the bridge, the school, Florida Department of Transportation officials and Munilla Construction Management (MCM), which installed the bridge.A FIGG engineer “concluded there were no safety concerns and the crack did not compromise the structural integrity of the bridge,” FIU said in a statement on Saturday.About three hours after the meeting concluded, the 950-ton, $14.2 million bridge fell down, crushing vehicles stopped at a traffic light on the eight-lane roadway below.
Florida Officials And Engineers Discussed Bridge Cracks Hours Before Fatal Collapse
Reuters, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Sat, 03/17/2018 - 11:50am
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Iowa Linn County Cedar Rapids
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