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RSS FeedsEngineers Knew Genoa Bridge Had Weakened Months Before Collapse, Report Says
(WorldNews Italy)

 
 

21 august 2018 01:28:21

 
Engineers Knew Genoa Bridge Had Weakened Months Before Collapse, Report Says
(WorldNews Italy)
 


An Italian newsmagazine reported Monday that engineering experts determined in February that corrosion of the metal cables supporting the Genoa highway bridge had reduced the bridge`s strength by 20 percent - a finding that came months before it collapsed last week, according to an Associated Press report. Despite the findings, 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...


 
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