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Holy crap, the new Hongqi Bridge in China collapses after opening
November 11, 2025, 10:47 AM
HRKHoly crap, the new Hongqi Bridge in China collapses after opening
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1988264053429403896November 11, 2025, 10:59 AM
creslinWell what do you expect?
It's 'made in china' after all
This is where my signature goes. November 11, 2025, 11:07 AM
12131Never trust these super long and tall bridges.
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November 11, 2025, 11:07 AM
sourdough44I tink they have to start all over again, bummer.
November 11, 2025, 11:14 AM
corsairThis video shows the action a few seconds earlier....appears the area where the bridge anchors into the mountain-side failed resulting in the catastrophe.
https://x.com/WeatherMonitors/...-into-river-below%2FNovember 11, 2025, 11:20 AM
bettysnephewHope no one was injured or killed by the collapse.
Just had a giggle to myself though... Honky Bridge... I know that isn't correct, probably Hongchi but the spelling got to me. I know, I am sick and demented but proud of it.
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November 11, 2025, 11:20 AM
GeorgeairWell, the base of that second concrete pillar looks like it was already out in the air like a redneck deck project in Alabama.....
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November 11, 2025, 11:22 AM
PGTquote:
Originally posted by creslin:
Well what do you expect?
It's 'made in china' after all
The US needs to stop thinking like this. They're kicking our butts in many areas and dismissing them is done at our peril.
November 11, 2025, 11:23 AM
RawnyDo a search on "Tofu dreg constructions". It's very common in China, though it's usually with condos. A high profile project like this is literally gonna cause a few heads to roll.
November 11, 2025, 11:39 AM
tatortoddquote:
Originally posted by corsair:
This video shows the action a few seconds earlier....appears the area where the bridge anchors into the mountain-side failed resulting in the catastrophe.
Interesting video giving new perspective.
I've been involved in geotechnical failures on the oil & gas side. It'll be interesting to see if it was the geotechnical engineering that failed, the fabrication and construction of the geotechnical plans that failed (i.e. not built as designed), or both failed. The first two cases are the easiest from an investigation perspective, and the third case is a finger pointing nightmare (e.g. you didn't fabricate and build as designed, it doesn't matter the design would've failed anyway, etc).
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DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. November 11, 2025, 11:48 AM
egregoreIt might not necessarily have been poorly designed or constructed. Just looking at the "headline" of the tweet, it sounds like the
mountain giving way. Of course, that raises the question of whether they did a proper geological study before building it. Do
not construe this as any kind of defense of the Chinese.
We have had structures destroyed from natural forces working against them. Look up the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge (wind) and 1928 St. Francis Dam (previously unknown unstable ground) collapses.
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Rey HRHOn LinkedIn, many are calling out threads on Chinese preeminence in new battery technology, solar power, factory automation, etc. as Chinese propaganda.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
November 11, 2025, 11:52 AM
TMatsLooks like a bridge to nowhere. Was this project proposed by an American congressman?
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November 11, 2025, 11:59 AM
architectThe big question is did they buy their bridge trusses on Harbor Freight or Amazon?
November 11, 2025, 12:00 PM
Tuckerrnr1Temu, duh.
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November 11, 2025, 12:06 PM
sigmonkeyquote:
Originally posted by bettysnephew:
Hope no one was injured or killed by the collapse. ...
It was closed the day before when cracks were found in the bridge, mountain side and evidence of unstable ground.
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tatortoddquote:
Originally posted by egregore:
It might not necessarily have been poorly designed or constructed. Just looking at the "headline" of the tweet, it sounds like the mountain giving way. Of course, that raises the question of whether they did a proper geological study before building it.
Yes and no:
An example of yes (i.e. not poorly designed or constructed) would be building something in an earthquake prone area, and the actual earthquake is larger than anything historical or predicted by USGS.
An example of no (i.e. it was poorly designed or constructed), a landslide occurs in first year of operation and the geotechnical engineering didn't identify it or management decided not to mitigate what the geotechnical engineers identified.
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DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. November 11, 2025, 12:13 PM
old rugged crossquote:
Originally posted by PGT:
quote:
Originally posted by creslin:
Well what do you expect?
It's 'made in china' after all
The US needs to stop thinking like this. They're kicking our butts in many areas and dismissing them is done at our peril.
yeah sure.
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November 11, 2025, 12:14 PM
trapper189Matthew 7:26-27
November 11, 2025, 12:23 PM
Expert308quote:
Originally posted by PGT:
quote:
Originally posted by creslin:
Well what do you expect?
It's 'made in china' after all
The US needs to stop thinking like this. They're kicking our butts in many areas and dismissing them is done at our peril.
You did notice the smiley in creslin's post, yes?