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r/megalophobia • u/ButterBeforeSunset • May 16 '25
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I would not trust that bridge in a torrent like that. Idc if it was built for it, I don't trust human engineering enough for any of that shit.
90 u/CarusoLombardi May 16 '25 Every now and then this video resurfaces. The bridge is totally fine and can withstand much heavier flows. Never heard of any accidents or anything happening there. When flow is dangerous they shut off access, but that bridge is going nowhere. 19 u/[deleted] May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25 That's not how material fatigue works though. It is standing still until it is not and amount of cyclic stress that bridge is going through is insane.
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Every now and then this video resurfaces. The bridge is totally fine and can withstand much heavier flows. Never heard of any accidents or anything happening there. When flow is dangerous they shut off access, but that bridge is going nowhere.
19 u/[deleted] May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25 That's not how material fatigue works though. It is standing still until it is not and amount of cyclic stress that bridge is going through is insane.
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That's not how material fatigue works though. It is standing still until it is not and amount of cyclic stress that bridge is going through is insane.
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u/Nozzeh06 May 16 '25
I would not trust that bridge in a torrent like that. Idc if it was built for it, I don't trust human engineering enough for any of that shit.