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Re:Collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge by mikeyouse on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @08:40PM (#30281438)
Perhaps it had been in a slow collapse for awhile and the 'point load' of the heavy bus in that moment caught it just right. There are pictures from several years ago of major structural crossmembers completely rusted through to the point they weren't even attached;

https://twitter.com/gpk320/status/1078885655634157569

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Re:Collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge by ratsmack on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @09:30PM (#30281757)
Just from that picture alone, the bridge should have been condemned long ago.
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Re:Collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge by bobthepanda on Thursday February 10, 2022 @02:48AM (#30283436)
The odd thing to me is that a bus route is regular. I would bet that a bus this size runs on that bridge fairly regularly throughout the day; a bendy-bus is never used on a route that doesn’t need it, it’s harder to drive and uses more fuel.
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