The title of the article is “Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis Kills at Least 7”. The author of the article is Libby Sanders and Susan Saulny.
The main idea of this article is that a interstate highway bridge in Minneapolis crashed 60 feet into the Mississippi River. At least 50 vehicles and people were sent into the water. Sources say that at least 7 people were killed and over 60 more we injured. The author explains that the bridge 1000 foot bridge was under construction repairing the bridge’s concrete deck, guard rails and lights. Witnesses said the bridge collapsed in three places. Drivers and rescue boats continually searched the river until darkness set in. People were screaming and crying in the water. Witnesses describe hearing lots of
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This article helped me to understand that small problems can turn into larger problems. Even though signs of fatigue on the steel truss section, no repairs we made to the bridge. That could be the reason for the bridge crash. Even though it was a small problem that was not bad at that moment, that problem could have turned into a bigger problem causing the collapse of the bridge. Just like if you skip doing small homework assignments, it won’t hurt you at that moment but when you have to take that test, you will not know as much as you would have if you did the homework. It is important for people to know that you don’t need to wait for something bad to happen to fix something. This is a rule that applies to more things than just the bridge. For example, the saying “ if ain’t broke don’t fix it” sounds like a good saying but it's not. New studies and research prove that old things that are not broken can be outdated. Cars are a great example. Some people only get new cars after they can’t work at all. Those old cars don’t have all the new safety stuff or new regulations that the new cars would have. That puts the passengers of that old car in danger. Just like the bridge wasn’t quite broken, it still could've used a repair that could have potentially prevented the
Steven Hermosillo Professor Wallace Fire Tech 105 15 November 2015 Silver Bridge Collapse According to Wikipedia, Forty-six people were killed in the silver-bridge collapse and another nine people were injured. “The Silver Bridge was an eye-bar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 and named for the color of its aluminum paint. The bridge connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, over the Ohio River” (Wikipedia). This was a highly used bridge serving thousands of cars a day before the collapse.
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is split into three sections. In the first section, Bierce describes in detail the situation, a youn...
The Jericho Covered Bridge in Kingsville, Maryland was built in 1865 and restored in 1982. The bridge is 100 feet long and cased in cedar planks and timber beams. Legend has it that after the Civil War many lynchings occurred on the bridge. Passersby were supposedly captured on the bridge and hung from the upper rafters. The bridge is very close to my house and I have driven over it several times. The storyteller, age 19, also lives a couple minutes away from the bridge. He has lived in Kingsville, Maryland his entire life. He recalled a dramatic story he had heard from his older brother involving the haunted bridge.
The reasons for the collapse are to be found in the acts and omissions of those entrusted with building a bridge of a new and highly sophisticated design.
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is a perfect example of the power of the will to live. It
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The division of wealth is unevenly distributed throughout society’s so called social ladder. The “haves,” those who run corporations or have major influence on government decisions, control the majority of the wealth and resource available to achieve that wealth. Their major purpose it to build on that wealth no matter what the consequence may be. Those decisions sometimes negatively impact the lives of the “have nots,” people who, like us, have minimal if any influence on corporate spending and decisions.
Tuesday September 11, 2001 will be forever in the minds of Americans all across the world, especially those in the United States. At approximately 8:45 a.m. in New York City, American Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into north tower of the World Trade Center (History.com, 2014). The plane crashed into the 80th floor of the World Trade Center. Many people were killed instantly, as a result of the crash. Unfortunately, less than 20 minutes later another Boeing 767 from United Airlines crashed into the south tower of the 60th floor of the World Trade Center. Once again, the impact of the second crash killed many people. Those not killed immediately, were trapped on the upper floors with little to no chance of survival. The two planes also caused debris that was on fire to land on surrounding buildings (History.com, 2014). America had no idea that those two planes crashes ...
August 29th marks the day where North America’s costliest natural disaster veered its way towards the Gulf Coast and New Orleans area. By that time, it had already become a category four hurricane that would eventually claim the lives of 1,833 United States citizens as well as cause $108 billion worth of damage to the city of New Orleans and its residents. Most of the deaths and damages were caused to African-American families. Many died during the hurricane, as well as more died in the aftermath following Katrina’s destruction. The number of deaths and property damage could have been severely decreased, or even prevented, if many flaws in the situation hadn’t occurred.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is perhaps the most notorious failure in the world of engineering. It collapsed on November 7, 1940 just months after its opening on July 1, 1940. It was designed by Leon Moisseiff and at its time it was the third largest suspension bridge in the world with a center span of over half a mile long. The bridge was very narrow and sleek giving it a look of grace, but this design made it very flexible in the wind. Nicknamed the "Galloping Gertie," because of its undulating behavior, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge drew the attention of motorists seeking a cheap thrill. Drivers felt that they were driving on a roller coaster, as they would disappear from sight in the trough of the wave. On the last day of the bridge's existence it gave fair warning that its destruction was eminent. Not only did it oscillate up and down, but twisted side to side in a cork screw motion. After hours of this violent motion with wind speeds reaching forty and fifty miles per hour, the bridge collapsed. With such a catastrophic failure, many people ask why such an apparently well thought out plan could have failed so badly?(This rhetorical question clearly sets up a position of inquiry-which iniates all research.) The reason for the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge is still controversial, but three theories reveal the basis of an engineering explanation. (Jason then directly asserts what he found to be a possible answer to his question.)
The runup of water from the ocean caused countless amounts of buildings, homes and other architectural features to be swept away, leaving New Orleans in ruins. After the storm had passed, citizens returned to the community dismayed by the extinction of their homes, stores, and everything that was once standing. In the article Hurricane Katrina Slams Into Gulf Coast; Dozens Are Dead, it reported some of the worst damage created by the natural disaster. A town in New Orleans, recorded 40,000 homes were flooded and another town reported highways unable to drive on due to the large amounts of water. Also, near by, three of five hospitals were unable to gain access of their emergency rooms. The extensive amount of damages done to the infrastructure, left mountains full of debris piled around the ruins of New Orleans. Two years after the disaster, a professional journalist, John Mcquaid, took a journey back to the site. As he was shown around by a guide, they hiked to the top of a hurricane levee along a shipping canal. Once Mcquaid reached a point that overlooked the acreage, he declared, “In front of us was an enormous mound of construction debris, about 60 feet high and a football field long, covered with thick, gray-brown clay”(John Mcquaid, Mother Jones). With two full years for the community to clean up the framework and debris left behind, it was impossible. The massive amounts of
CV1408 WRITTEN REPORT In February 1999 the Civil Engineering Company Balfour Beatty was fined £1.2m for the collapse of a tunnel at Heathrow airport, which put many lives at risk and caused the cancellation of hundreds of flights. The main issues to be addressed are what may have caused the collapse of the tunnel and what should have been done to prevent the collapse of the tunnel. A tunnel is an underground passage that could be built through a hill or under a building, road or river.
For this bridge its fall was inflicted by an unknown patron. One who’s identity or existence we never see verified. The record of the fall is short in the story described as only being for a moment. Then the bridge was finally introduced to “the sharp rocks which had always gazed up at me so peacefully from the rushing water”. Rocks gazing peacefully? This is almost as absurd as a bridge turning around. An action that the bridge itself cannot seem to believe it is doing. This attempt by the bridge was his final effort before his fall. I cannot even picture how a bridge would turn around and attempt to look on his back. The question that comes to my mind is how can a bridge see what’s on his back? If this book is trying to make us believe that this bridge is a human, or has human like qualities. Then how flexible a person is this bridge? Because I know very few people who can see whats on their back. Especially without turning so much that anything on their back would fall off. So is this bridge so inflexible that it breaks itself by turning around or is it trying to buck off its attacker unintentionally? This answer is never answered due to the story ending shortly thereafter this scene. With the short fall of the bridge onto the sharp rocks it had stared at for the entirety of its life. The events before and during the fall of the bridge was the main issue I had with my thesis that the bridge was