Rajiv Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Anyone watching the news What a Major one Scary scene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrake Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Terrible tragedy......just caught this on the evening news....looks like it happened during peak rush hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apocalypse Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 yeah 50 cars in water... damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varun Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dada_rocks Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 scary $hit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jf1gp_1 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 i used that bridge couple of weeks back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurav Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 CNN was showing security camera clip of the bridge falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Mu b-i-l who uses the bridge occasionally when his routine route is clogged, used his routine route yesterday. Quite a save! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabira Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 used to use this route every day around the time bridge collapsed. My country saved me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 used to use this route every day around the time bridge collapsed. My country saved me. That was one of the first thought that came to my mind, you used to live in the area didnt you Kabira. Did any of your friends/colleagues get impacted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aditi Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Mu b-i-l who uses the bridge occasionally when his routine route is clogged' date=' used his routine route yesterday. Quite a save![/quote'] My cousin also used to commute that route occasionally and luckily yesterday he didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabira Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 My work place is right there and I can see that bridge (partially) from my window. Thankfully all my collegue and friends are safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurav Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Was it just age or something else? Maybe our resident civil engineer CC could throw some light :regular_smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apocalypse Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 on cnn some engineer said that it buckled under pressure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dada_rocks Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 40 year is nothing for a well built bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludhianvi Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Shocking news, bridges collapsing like that. What are the actual roads of the bridges made of, they seem very flexible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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