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RSS FeedsExperts knew Italy bridge had weakened 20 per cent before collapse: Report
(WorldNews Italy)

 
 

20 august 2018 23:04:23

 
Experts knew Italy bridge had weakened 20 per cent before collapse: Report
(WorldNews Italy)
 


GENOA, Italy - Engineering experts determined in February that corrosion of the metal cables supporting the Genoa highway bridge had reduced the bridge´s strength by 20 per cent - a finding that came months before it collapsed last week, Italian media reported Monday. Despite the findings, newsmagazine Espresso wrote that `neither the ministry, nor the highway company, ever considered it necessary to limit traffic, divert heavy trucks, reduce the roadway from two to one lanes or reduce the speed` of vehicles on the key artery for the northern port city. A large section of the Morandi Bridge collapsed Aug. 14 during a heavy downpour, killing 43 people and forcing the evacuation of more than...


 
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