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Re:Longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Portugal by juhatl on Sunday May 02, 2021 @03:32AM (#27013070)
Apparently an incident took place in 1831 where a bridge collapsed under soldiers marching, but the Wikipedia article [1] notes that "The conclusion of the investigation was that the vibration caused by the marching precipitated the bolt's failure, but it would have failed eventually anyway".

There's more interesting information on synchronization and bridges on Veritasium's video, The Secret of Synchronization [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-_VPRCtiUg

Re:Longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Portugal by pomian on Sunday May 02, 2021 @07:48AM (#27014414)
That video link about synchronisation is very interesting. Thankyou. Synchronization of bridges, hearts, lightning bugs, metronomes, sailing clocks. Cool