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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by _giorgio_ on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @06:37AM (#39826174)
Believe me, an engineering student that sees that, immediately understands the problems after taking the first science of construction lessons.

You do need need the truss at all. If the truss fails (in any of the three spans), it brings down two adjacents spans.

It's just a show off.

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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by bigbillheck on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @09:04AM (#39827314)
There's been at least 50 years, probably more like 60 or 70, of advances in the art (much less pedagogy) that those students have and the bridge engineer did not.
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