Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22

Re:Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22 by m0llusk on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @04:30PM (#17761618)

There may be complex lessons in this. Reinforced concrete has tended to reach end of life sooner than expected which has some serious implications for structures both built and so far only proposed.

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Re:Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22 by jnxx on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @06:17PM (#17762407)

I thought the strong increase in heavy goods vehicles and traffic was the main cause for the widespread problems with bridges from the sixties?

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