A cargo ship with rocket parts crashed into a bridge in Kentucky yesterday
Fender bender: A cargo ship carrying rocket parts crashed into a bridge in Kentucky yesterday.
No serious damage to the ship or cargo, but the bridge has collapsed.
Tag: bridge
Pictures of London’s Tower Bridge, taken during construction in the 1890s, discovered
Cool images: Lost for more than a hundred years, a set of pictures taken during the construction of London’s Tower Bridge in the 1890s have been rediscovered.
New San Francisco Bay Bridge nears completion
New San Francisco Bay Bridge nears completion.
Questions raised about the safety of China’s new bridge
Questions have been raised about the safety of China’s new bridge.
[China Central Television] said that workers were tightening bolts that could easily have been loosened by hand on the bridge, which has seen nearly 18,000 cars cross it every day since it was officially opened on June 30, on the eve of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
Why does this remind me of the two shuttle accidents, where managers ignored engineering issues in order to satisfy political concerns?
World’s longest sea bridge opens in China
The world’s longest sea bridge opened in China yesterday. With some cool images.