Re:New Bridges Rise in New York
by ghaff on Thursday April 27, 2017 @11:58AM
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Apparently it does happen every now and then with this type of design. One of the major bridges going into Boston is cable-stayed and there have been (a very few) news reports over the years about falling ice. But it doesn't seem to be regarded as a major ongoing problem (and any bridge is going to have opportunities for ice to fall on vehicles under the right (wrong) circumstances).
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Re:New Bridges Rise in New York
by run4yourlives2 on Thursday April 27, 2017 @12:05PM
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I'd imagine the size of the bridge itself might be a factor. The two in question in Vancouver (Alex Fraser/Port Mann) would dwarf the Zakim bridge (that's what I'm assuming you are talking about).
I suppose an engineer would have more input on this though, I really don't know too much about bridge design.