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Re:Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22 by rootusrootus on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @11:46AM (#17758963)
> A bridge that was the direct precursor to this one, collapsed after a few years

Do you mean the one which was hit by a supertanker?

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Re:Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22 by toyg on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:16PM (#17759815)
in a way that was not accounted for, yes. Other bits of the bridge were reinforced, apparently, but not that one. It is significant because the Italian bridge also had to be signficiantly reinforced at the base, about 20 years after construction.
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