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Re:Groundbreaking new bridge design could transform rail cro... by Glawen on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @02:10AM (#27672422)
It is new and groundbreaking once it is discovered/used by the UK, never mind that the stuff is used in continental Europe for decades.
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Re:Groundbreaking new bridge design could transform rail cro... by rualca on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @08:12AM (#27674731)
I don't feel like the downvotes are justified. Composite structures using FRP is hardly new or novel.

A quick search on Google Scholar showed up this article on FRP footbridges, which mentions that the first FRP footbridge in the Netherlands was constructed in 1995.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209580991...

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