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Re:Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park by dwringer on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:53AM (#30115326)
The Google street view [December 2020] under the bridge appears to show a pair of cross braces entirely missing from one side of the main supports [0] (compared with the other side[1]).

[0] https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4393756,-79.9003658,3a,75y,2...

[1] https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4393756,-79.9003658,3a,75y,8...

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Re:Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park by Lammy on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:45AM (#30116058)
Hopefully it won’t get a blur censor like the damaged pylon in the Mexico City Metro viaduct collapse https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27046462
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Re:Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park by dsiegel2275 on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:27AM (#30115768)
https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1078885655634157569
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Re:Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park by GavinMcG on Friday January 28, 2022 @01:15PM (#30118344)
Does indeed appear to be the side with the missing braces—the piping seems to match.
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Re:Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park by somevar on Friday January 28, 2022 @04:26PM (#30120570)
Seems confirmed by a follow-up: "Some work was actually done a couple of weeks after I reported it: they removed the rusted beam. Obviously, that wasn't sufficient, though."

https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1487099756644114435

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Re:Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park by PascLeRasc on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:56AM (#30116240)
Great catch. That's crazy.
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Re:Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park by XnoiVeX on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:08AM (#30115503)
Wow! you may be right.
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