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Re:Florida Pedestrian Bridge Constructed 5 Days Ago Collapse... by giarc on Thursday March 15, 2018 @05:14PM (#16596573)
>The $14.2 million project was designed as a cable-supported bridge by MCM and Figg Bridge Design. Figg was hired to design the replacement for a bridge on I35 in Minnesota that collapsed in 2007 and killed 13 people.

1 paragraph later.

>“In our 40-year history, nothing like this has ever happened before,” Figg said.

EDIT - As others have pointed out... I misread these statements.

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Re:Florida Pedestrian Bridge Constructed 5 Days Ago Collapse... by maxerickson on Thursday March 15, 2018 @05:19PM (#16596611)
They designed the replacement that was installed in 2008. The bridge that collapsed was designed by a different company in the 1960s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge...

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Re:Florida Pedestrian Bridge Constructed 5 Days Ago Collapse... by giarc on Thursday March 15, 2018 @05:28PM (#16596668)
Oh I see... I've edited my comment.
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Re:Florida Pedestrian Bridge Constructed 5 Days Ago Collapse... by kldavis4 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @05:19PM (#16596605)
They were hired to design the replacement, not the one that collapsed.
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