Road bridge in north Italy collapses – IOTW Report

Road bridge in north Italy collapses

Reuters: MILAN (Reuters) – A bridge on a normally busy provincial road in northern Italy collapsed on Wednesday but, with virtually no traffic due to the coronavirus lockdown, only two truck drivers suffered minor injuries, the fire brigade said.

13 Comments on Road bridge in north Italy collapses

  1. the Roman Army once built a bridge over the Rhine River in one day, crossed their army over it the next day, surprised the Germanic tribes in a pitched battle, crossed back over & destroyed the bridge the next day … absolute bad-asses! … everywhere they went they built roads & bridges, many are still here today

    maybe the I’ties ought to learn a lesson from their ancestors

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  2. That’s a shame. I mean structurally.
    Aren’t some aqueducts still up in Italy and some of Hadrian’s wall still up in UK?
    When I was a kid, I remember seeing aqueducts in my 5K year old village (Greece) and they were still working.
    They don’t make em like they used to! 😀

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  3. The Italians (my parents left after WW2) have been busy sipping espressos and taking strolls in their fashion house shoes & clothes as the Haute Couture factories were flying in Chinese workers to make that overpriced shit for them.

    Get to work you lazy preening peacocks. Start with a pair of construction boots!

    No Sympathy from me!

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  4. They flooded their country with migrants to do work Italians used to do.
    I would do a deep dive into who built, inspected, approved, etc. the building of this particular bridge.
    I think I read it was a relatively new construction.

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  5. What about the Florida International Pedestrian Bridge that collapsed in Florida in 3 days.

    Today’s engineers could not have reached the moon but hell they can order Starbucks delivered to their desk in a millisecond.

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