Construction marvel to connect FIU to Sweetwater
On March 10, the main span of the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge was lifted from its temporary supports, rotated 90 degrees across an eight-lane thoroughfare, and lowered into its permanent position.
“FIU is about building bridges and student safety. This project accomplishes our mission beautifully,” said FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg. “We are filled with pride and satisfaction at seeing this engineering feat come to life and connect our campus to the surrounding community where thousands of our students live.”
The 174-foot, 950-ton section of the bridge was built adjacent to Southwest Eight Street using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) methods, which are being advanced at FIU’s Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (ABC-UTC). This method of construction reduces potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and minimizes traffic interruptions. The main span of the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge was installed in a few hours with limited disruption to traffic over this weekend.
“This project is an outstanding example of the ABC method,” said chair of FIU’s Civil & Environmental Engineering Department and director of FIU’s ABC-UTC Atorod Azizinamini, who is one of the world’s leading experts on Accelerated Bridge Construction. “Building the major element of the bridge – its main span superstructure – outside of the traveled way and away from busy Eighth Street is a milestone.”
The FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge is the largest pedestrian bridge moved via Self-Propelled Modular Transportation in U.S. history. It is also the first in the world to be constructed entirely of self-cleaning concrete. When exposed to sunlight, the titanium dioxide in the concrete captures pollutants and turns it bright white, reducing maintenance costs.
“FIU has come a long way since the TIGER grant that funded this pedestrian bridge was awarded in 2013. This project represents a true collaboration among so many different partners at local, state, and federal levels, and in both the public and private sectors,” said Mario Diaz-Balart, U.S. Representative and Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development. “The university’s growth and acceleration is no longer just about the campus and its student body; it’s about the future of Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County and the entire South Florida region. I believe this is what creative solutions to transportation challenges look like, and I will continue to support and incentivize these new ideas.”
Funding for the $14.2 million bridge, connecting plazas and walkways is part of a $19.4 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Other funding agencies include the Federal Highway Administration, Florida Department of Transportation Local Agency Program, FIU and the City of Sweetwater.
“The FIU-Sweetwater bridge will serve many purposes including being a visually distinctive gateway to our city,” said City of Sweetwater Mayor Orlando Lopez. “This bridge is symbolic of the growth our city is experiencing and our partnership with FIU.”
Construction of the bridge began in the spring of 2017 and is expected to be completed in early 2019. When it is finished, the bridge will be 289 feet long and 109 feet tall. The 32-foot-wide bridge will also serve as study and gathering space.
“This bridge is the result of great support from our congressional delegation and the U.S. Department of Transportation,” said FIU Senior Vice President and CFO Kenneth Jessell. “This bridge has already been the catalyst for significant economic development in the City of Sweetwater. FIU and our surrounding community will benefit from this project for generations to come.”
The bridge was designed by FIGG Bridge Engineers and built by MCM. Barnhart Crane and Rigging operated the Self-Propelled Modular Transporters that placed the bridge on its permanent supports.
For more information on the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge, please click here.
For renderings, videos and images of the move, please click here.
[…] First-of-its-kind pedestrian bridge “swings” into place […]
First of its kind pedestrian bridge collapses trapping cars and killing people so who is going to take credit for the poor craftsmanship by building a bridge with no structural support across a busy highway thank God it wasn’t full of people when it fell when it couldn’t even hold its own weight !
but it was green!
Why don’t you let the investigation take place to find out what happened, first?
wait for evidence and testimony??? BLASPHEMY !
It was a cable suspended bridge, but they hadn’t even installed the tower that would anchor the cables! Normally the tower(s) go up first then they span so you can get the support in ASAP. Seems like a massive failure in planning!
Wrong secuence of construction. First you have to build the tower that supports the bridge deck with the cables…. Havent you check your render presentention?
wrong
if you don’t know, just keep quiet
how they forgot the Support Tower, is beyond me.
Muy buena obra de Ing civil
no, al parecer fue deplorable…
Que se lo digan a los que han muerto bajo el mismo
I am shock!
At poor planning.
Not having direct acces from dormitory building to FIU campus
poor planning
Oh, no, you might want to update this page now that the bridge has fallen onto traffic and killed a bunch of people.
Yeah. How is that working out for ya.
[…] press release about the installation of the bridge appeared to be deleted from FIU’s website as of 2:45 p.m. The university highlighted the span in a video last week, calling it the “first-of-its-kind” […]
[…] press release about the installation of the bridge appeared to be deleted from FIU’s website as of 2:45 p.m. The university highlighted the span in a video last week, calling it the “first-of-its-kind” […]
[…] Original Link: https://news.fiu.edu/2018/03/first-of-its-kind-pedestrian-bridge-swings-into-place/120385 […]
For the record
Back to the drawing board
Didn’t last a week before collapsing, killing several people in cars on the roadway below. 🙁
The bridge is supposed to be supported by cables above it.
Attached to what? The moon?
Exactly. Did they openned before install cables or are just render???
Muy buena obra de ing civil?? Es Ud. todavia de la misma opinion? Este fracaso es otro ejemplo de la falta de competencia y de la arroganicia que hoy en dia tipifica los EEUU.
Conozco muchas obras como esta en california tambien, no me sorprende del todo!!!
“..“FIU is about building bridges and student safety. This project accomplishes our mission beautifully,” -President Mark B. Rosenberg..”
RESIGNATION?
Way to go. Now it’s on the floor having killed a ton of people by falling on top of them. And you call that safety?
thoughts and prayers go out to all
FIU bridge collapse: Several killed after pedestrian bridge at Florida college collapses
http://abcnews.go.com/US/pedestrian-bridge-florida-international-university-collapses/story?id=53774444
[…] “This method of construction reduces potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and minimizes traffic interruptions,” FIU’s Jennifer Lacayo reported. […]
[…] According to FIU, […]
Tragic and sad to see this bridge fail in such a catastrophic way.
[…] of FIU’s ABC-UTC, called the bridge project “an outstanding example of the BC method“ in a report by FIU published in connection with the […]
[…] Read more about funding for the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge and accelerated bridge construc… […]
Too much focus on “inclusion” and “multiculturalism” and not enough on ENGINEERING.
Why is the diagonal middle supports over the full length of the bridge not symmetrical,and why are some of them almost vertical.Surly they should have been at a greater angle as the vertical supports give no strength to upper tier if the lower tier has no support at those points? I think the transportation are situated at the weakest points.
Here’s a photo of how the cables would have worked, if you look at it you can see how the thing was supposed to fit together
http://www.mcm-us.com/news/mcm-awarded-fiu-pedestrian-bridge-project
[…] “This method of construction reduces potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and minimizes traffic interruptions,” FIU’s Jennifer Lacayo reported. […]
[…] $14.2 million, 174-foot-long bridge, which FIU said swung into place on Saturday, spanned eight lanes of Southwest Eighth Street near Southwest 109th […]
[…] ABC-UTC, called the bridge project “an outstanding example of the BC method“ in a report by FIU published in connection with the […]
Well – One of a kind for a reason, it wasn’t safe and meant to be. This is a prime example of where saving a dollar doesn’t pay off – people are dead now.
[…] of FIU’s ABC-UTC, called the bridge project “an outstanding example of the BC method“ in a report by FIU published in connection with the […]
Looks to have failed at mid span. Where was the temp shoring? Street photo show there was a perfect place directly below the failure point to erect the bracing, and not even a driving lane would have been affected. The design rendering shows that this span was to be supported with a center spire and diagonal tendons.
FIU is about building bridges and student safety. This project accomplishes our mission beautifully,” said FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg. “We are filled with pride and satisfaction at seeing this engineering feat come to life and connect our campus to the surrounding community where thousands of our students live.”
The 174-foot, 950-ton section of the bridge was built adjacent to Southwest Eight Street using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) methods, which are being advanced at FIU’s Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (ABC-UTC).
[…] of FIU’s ABC-UTC, called the bridge project “an outstanding example of the BC method“ in a report by FIU published in connection with the […]
[…] FIU’s ABC-UTC, called the bridge project “an outstanding example of the BC method“ in a report by FIU published in connection with the […]
[…] example of the ABC method,” said Atorod Azizinamini, the center’s director, in a press release on Saturday. “This bridge is the result of great support from our congressional delegation […]
[…] example of the ABC method,” said Atorod Azizinamini, the center’s director, in a press release on Saturday. “This bridge is the result of great support from our congressional delegation […]
[…] Community members came out in droves to witness the bridge swing into place and experts heralded it as a “milestone” at the time, according to a university press release. […]
[…] (As of this posting, the press release linked to in that tweet is up.) […]
[…] potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and minimizes traffic interruptions,’ the university said in a press release on Saturday. ‘The main span of the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge was installed in a few hours with […]
[…] https://news.fiu.edu/2018/03/first-of-its-kind-pedestrian-bridge-swings-into-place/120385 […]
[…] cause of the collapse is unclear. The bridge was built using a new technique developed at nearby Florida International University that was supposed to minimize traffic disruptions and reduce risks to workers, commuters, and […]
[…] example of the ABC method,” said Atorod Azizinamini, the center’s director, in a press release on Saturday. “This bridge is the result of great support from our congressional delegation […]
[…] example of the ABC method,” said Atorod Azizinamini, the center’s director, in a press release on Saturday. “This bridge is the result of great support from our congressional delegation […]
[…] Information reported final week the primary 53-metre, 950-tonne part of the bridge was lowered into place over the eight-lane street on March […]
[…] In a Tuesday news release, the university said, […]
HOPEFULLY THE LAST OF ITS KIND!
[…] (As of this posting, the press release linked to in that tweet is up.) […]
But it was green…
“Sometimes you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet” (President Rosenberg)
Well, this didn’t age well.
[…] Community members came out in droves to witness the bridge swing into place and experts heralded it as a “milestone” at the time, according to a university press release. […]
[…] A press release from FIU lays out details of the bridge’s construction: “The 174-foot, 950-ton section of the bridge was built adjacent to Southwest Eight Street using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) methods, which are being advanced at FIU’s Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center. … This method of construction reduces potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and minimizes traffic interruptions. The main span of the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge was installed in a few hours with limited disruption to traffic over this weekend.” […]
Not enough camber built into the span?
Maybe if there was more structural support in the middle of the bridge without that ridiculous roof? That looks like it weighs a couple of tons on its own. Simply appalled by this! I pray for everyone hurt in this disaster.
How can I see a working drawing plan view of this bridge. I was told by an engineer friend that their was supposed to be a central support, but all I could see from the photos were the two temporary supports at third points.
Hmmm…..at first I thought this collapse must have been in a third world country but no it’s the good ole USA. Hope their public liability insurance was fully paid up.
[…] A press release from FIU lays out details of the bridge’s construction: “The 174-foot, 950-ton section of the bridge was built adjacent to Southwest Eight Street using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) methods, which are being advanced at FIU’s Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center. … This method of construction reduces potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and minimizes traffic interruptions. The main span of the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge was installed in a few hours with limited disruption to traffic over this weekend.” […]
[…] had been hailed as a feat of engineering and the way forward for student safety. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg had previously said: ‘FIU is about building bridges and student […]
[…] A press release from FIU lays out details of the bridge’s construction: “The 174-foot, 950-ton section of the bridge was built adjacent to Southwest Eight Street using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) methods, which are being advanced at FIU’s Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center. … This method of construction reduces potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and minimizes traffic interruptions. The main span of the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge was installed in a few hours with limited disruption to traffic over this weekend.” […]
Maybe the University should focus less on “Building Bridges” which we can read between the lines as a political jab, and stick to teaching. If building bridges is what FIU is about, then maybe it’s time you shut down.
[…] potential dangers to employees, commuters and pedestrians and minimizes visitors interruptions,” the college stated in a press launch on Saturday. “The primary span of the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge was put in in just a few hours […]
[…] a Tuesday news release, the university touted the rapid installation of the “first-of-its-kind pedestrian bridge,” which the AP […]
Horrible Industrial Design!
Obviously the center supports should not have been removed until the suspension cables were in place. This appears to be some type of error in how the construction design was carried out. I can’t see how leaving support in the center would have created problems for traffic, so it leads me to believe that some sort of point was being proven (for future projects possibly) in the design by removing all support before the suspension cables were in place. Tragic and preventable.
Safety should come first which does not seem to be case here
[…] eight lanes of traffic was moved into its permanent position on March 10, according to the school in an earlier press release. It spanned 174 feet and weighed 950 tons and connected the school to the city of […]
[…] $14.2 million, 174-foot-long bridge, which FIU said swung into place on Saturday, spanning eight lanes of Southwest Eighth Street near Southwest 109th […]
“FIU is about building bridges and student safety. This project accomplishes our mission beautifully,” said FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg. “We are filled with pride and satisfaction at seeing this engineering feat come to life and connect our campus to the surrounding community where thousands of our students live.”
[…] civil and environmental engineering department, told the university’s news service when the walkway was erected Saturday. “Building the major element of the bridge — its main span superstructure — outside of […]
Who is responsible for this ? Who approved that this technology and method is safe?
What doesn’t make sense is when you look at the finished pictures that show the bridge is supposed to be held in place by cables. Normally you erect the tower(s) first, get the cables ready and hold up the weighty bridge. How they imagined they could do the cables last, I don’t understand.
[…] $14.2 million, 174-foot-long bridge, which FIU said swung into place on Saturday, spanned eight lanes of Tamiami Trail near Southwest 109th Avenue. It […]
Everyone lauding this bridge in the article may as well submit letters of resignation.
YES…. Lots of clueless people who did not do their research.
[…] 支えてる写真もあった https://news.fiu.edu/2018/03/first-of-its-kind-pedestrian-bridge-swings-into-place/120385 […]
[…] $14.2 million, 174-foot-long bridge, which FIU said swung into place on Saturday, spanned eight lanes of Tamiami Trail near Southwest 109th Avenue. It […]
[…] cause of the collapse is unclear. The bridge was built using a new technique developed at nearby Florida International University that was supposed to minimize traffic disruptions and reduce risks to workers, commuters, and […]
[…] on time and costs of building the bridge. Less than a week before the bridge collapsed FIU issued a press release trumpeting the cutting-edge techniques used to install the 95-ton pedestrian walkway. From now it […]
[…] devoted to providing the public with project information, is the firm that designed the pedestrian bridge that collapsed at Florida International University on […]
The headline now should read “First-of-it’s-kind pedestrian bridge “falls”: into place. Someone really F up on this. It sure had lots of concrete for just a pedestrian bridge!
Where are the suspension cables?
[…] had been hailed as a feat of engineering and the best way ahead for pupil security. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg had beforehand mentioned: ‘FIU is about constructing bridges and […]
[…] had been hailed as a feat of engineering and the way forward for student safety. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg had previously said: ‘FIU is about building bridges and student […]
[…] had been hailed as a feat of engineering and the way forward for student safety. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg had previously said: ‘FIU is about building bridges and student […]
[…] had been hailed as a feat of engineering and the way forward for student safety. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg had previously said: ‘FIU is about building bridges and student […]
[…] had been hailed as a feat of engineering and the way in which ahead for scholar security. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg had beforehand mentioned: ‘FIU is about constructing bridges and […]
[…] had been hailed as a feat of engineering and the way forward for student safety. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg had previously said: ‘FIU is about building bridges and student […]
[…] several vehicles and killing at least four people, Florida International University (FIU) issued a press release trumpeting the cutting-edge techniques used to install the 95-ton pedestrian […]
[…] civil and environmental engineering department, told the university’s news service when the walkway was erected Saturday. “Building the major element of the bridge — its main span superstructure — outside of […]
[…] $14.2 million, 174-foot-long bridge, which FIU said swung into place on Saturday, spanned eight lanes of Tamiami Trail near Southwest 109th Avenue. It […]
[…] $14.2 million, 174-foot-long bridge, which FIU said swung into place on Saturday, spanned eight lanes of Tamiami Trail near Southwest 109th Avenue. It […]
[…] $14.2 million, 174-foot-long bridge, which FIU said swung into place on Saturday, spanned eight lanes of Tamiami Trail near Southwest 109th Avenue. It […]
[…] a Tuesday news release, the university touted the rapid installation of the “first-of-its-kind pedestrian bridge,” which the AP […]
[…] a Tuesday news release, the university touted the rapid installation of the “first-of-its-kind pedestrian bridge,” which the AP […]
[…] a Tuesday news release, the university touted the rapid installation of the “first-of-its-kind pedestrian bridge,” which the AP […]
[…] $14.2 million, 174-foot-long bridge, which FIU said swung into place on Saturday, spanned eight lanes of Tamiami Trail near Southwest 109th Avenue. It […]
[…] a Tuesday information unlock, the College touted the rapid set up of the “first-of-its-sort pedestrian bridge,” which the AP explains […]
[…] $14.2 million, 174-foot-long bridge, which FIU said swung into place on Saturday, spanned eight lanes of Tamiami Trail near Southwest 109th Avenue. It […]
[…] a Tuesday news release, the college touted the immediate set up of the “initial-of-its-kind pedestrian bridge,” which the AP […]
[…] a Tuesday news release, the university touted the rapid installation of the “first-of-its-kind pedestrian bridge,” which the AP […]
[…] had been hailed as a feat of engineering and the way forward for student safety. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg had previously said: ‘FIU is about building bridges and student […]
[…] an article published to FIU’s website, the author explains that the bridge had many […]
[…] university said the main 174-foot, 950-tonne section of the bridge was lowered into place over the eight-lane road on March […]
Did the construction sequences is clearly shown on the drawings? When to remove the temporary support? the temporary support should have been remain until the end integral was formed. The end vertical posts at bearings looks too slender to take lateral bending force.
[…] had been hailed as a feat of engineering and the way forward for student safety. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg had previously said: ‘FIU is about building bridges and student […]
[…] eight lanes of traffic was moved into its permanent position on March 10, according to the school in an earlier press release. It spanned 174 feet and weighed 950 tons and connected the school to the city of […]
[…] civil and environmental engineering department, told the university’s news service when the walkway was erected Saturday. “Building the major element of the bridge — its main span superstructure — outside of […]
[…] $14.2 million bridge, which FIU said “swung into place” on Saturday, had not yet opened to the […]
[…] had been hailed as a feat of engineering and the way forward for student safety. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg had previously said: ‘FIU is about building bridges and student […]
[…] example of the ABC method,” said Atorod Azizinamini, the center’s director, in a press release on Saturday. “This bridge is the result of great support from our congressional delegation […]
A failure of basic engineering methodology as well as common sense and safety practices. Obviously from the architectural renderings, the [pedestrian] bridge was a cable suspended type. Simply put, this means the span across the road which collapsed was not capable of supporting itself to design specification without the cable support from a central tower. And at least from the photos I’ve seen, the mirror span to the ?north? was not even in place yet so the cabling could not even be put into place. The mistake that was made was removing all of the wheeled transport pier/dollies from underneath the part of the bridge that spanned the roadway. It was constructed/assembled on the roadside while being supported by these dollies and swung into place quickly using them, but THEN they were ALL REMOVED…. I was studying the motion video, but FIU took down the link (probably in some CYA action from their legal dept…). At any rate several of those dollies/piers should have been left in place until the mirror span, the tower and the cabling were in place to fully support the two spans to their design load. Traffic on the Tamiami Trail would have been restricted, and not completely, but this would have avoided the catastrophic sudden collapse of the unsupported span over that road. The span collapsed because it was not properly supported, period! End of story….. Novel and interesting engineering approach, ABC…. extremely poorly executed…. Sad, very sad….
Dear Mr. Baffelator: All videos and articles related to the bridge are “live” and available to the public. Here is a link to the time-lapse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=xYLrBQv3t4o
Thank god for scru-tube…even with the horrendous industrial music overlay… the video has been edited, though.. thank god for my DVR, they haven’t gotten into it yet…. lawyers and bureaucrats can’t move fast enough to escape from good ol’ scru-tube… Thank You for the link…!!
Video has been edited! This is terriable!
[…] weighed 950 tons, and took just “a few hours” to install on Saturday, according to a press release from the Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
[…] weighed 950 tons, and took just “a few hours” to install on Saturday, according to a press release from the Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
[…] weighed 950 tons, and took just “a few hours” to install on Saturday, according to a press release from the Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
[…] weighed 950 tons, and took just “a few hours” to install on Saturday, according to a press release from the Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
[…] and weighed 950 tons, and took just "a few hours" to install on Saturday, according to a press release from the Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
[…] weighed 950 tons, and took just “a few hours” to install on Saturday, according to a press release from the Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
It appears to be poured with the incorrect components! Perhaps a communication error?? In a multi-lingual environment it can happen! Perhaps a standardized implementation of ENGLISH may help in the future!!
oh wow…
There was supposed to be a central support tower holding the bridge up with cables?!?!!?!?
https://twitter.com/citysweetwater/status/860502994806345729
WOW!!!!!
now I am amazed the bridge stayed up for as long as it did!!
[…] feet and weighed 950 tons, took just “a few hours” to install Saturday, according to a press release from Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
[…] 174 toes and weighed 950 loads, took just “just a few hours” to set up Saturday, in step with a press starting up from Florida World College, where the bridge connected with the metropolis of […]
[…] feet and weighed 950 tons, took just “a few hours” to install Saturday, according to a press releasefrom Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
[…] civil and environmental engineering department, told the university’s news service when the walkway was erected Saturday. “Building the major element of the bridge — its main span superstructure — outside of […]
[…] 174-foot, 950-ton main span had been lifted into place just five days earlier. At least six people were killed and 10 were […]
[…] final bridge, which was expected to open in 2019, would have added a tower and cable stays as the main support for the […]
[…] 174-foot, 950-ton main span had been lifted into place just five days earlier. At least six people were killed and 10 were […]
[…] bridge’s section, dubbed a “construction marvel” by FIU, was installed using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) techniques, in which temporary […]
[…] feet and weighed 950 tons, took just “a few hours” to install Saturday, according to a press release from Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
[…] bridge’s section, dubbed a “construction marvel” by FIU, was installed using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) techniques, in which temporary […]
[…] feet and weighed 950 tons, took just “a few hours” to install Saturday, according to a press release from Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
[…] 174-foot, 950-ton main span had been lifted into place just five days earlier. At least six people were killed and 10 were […]
There aren’t cars using the roadway in the picture above then Why wasn’t stopped when they were “testing” this bridge?
[…] bridge’s section, dubbed a “construction marvel” by FIU, was installed using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) techniques, in which temporary […]
[…] $14.2 million, 174-foot-long bridge, which FIU pronounced swung into place on Saturday, spanned 8 lanes of Tamiami Trail nearby Southwest 109th Avenue. It had […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
$14.2 million for a pedestrian bridge? They should have built a $500 rope bridge; it would have been a fun experience, and completely safe.
[…] bridge had been a level of satisfaction for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge building and hosted a “watch […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] feet and weighed 950 tons, took just “a few hours” to install Saturday, according to a press release from Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] bridge have been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center dedicated to sped up bridge building and hosted a “watch party” […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center dedicated to accelerated bridge development and hosted a “watch […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] chair of FIU’s civil and environmental engineering department, said the project was “an outstanding example of the ABC method” in a university news article that described the bridge as the “first of its […]
[…] chair of FIU’s civil and environmental engineering department, said the project was “an outstanding example of the ABC method” in a university news article that described the bridge as the “first of its […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
Touting “ABC” is stupid. The technique of installing large off site constructed structures or pieces of structures has been used for decades. Please recall the Fremont bridge in Portland Oregon a 2,154ft clear span steel tied arch raised 183ft off two barges sited in the Willamette River in 1973. The FUI collapse is tragic indeed. Construction means and methods will be heavily scrutinized including the lift and ongoing construction. Was structural concrete pushed beyond its functional use?
Nathan T. Charlton P.E., S.E.
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] chair of FIU’s civil and environmental engineering department, said the project was “an outstanding example of the ABC method” in a university news article that described the bridge as the “first of its […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] feet and weighed 950 tons, took just "a few hours" to install Saturday, according to a press release from Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
[…] chair of FIU’s civil and environmental engineering department, said the project was “an outstanding example of the ABC method” in a university news article that described the bridge as the “first of its […]
[…] chair of FIU’s civil and environmental engineering department, said the project was “an outstanding example of the ABC method” in a university news article that described the bridge as the “first of its […]
[…] bridge had been a point of pleasure for F.I.U., which has a middle dedicated to accelerated bridge Construction and hosted a “watch […]
[…] 支えてる写真もあった https://news.fiu.edu/2018/03/first-of-its-kind-pedestrian-bridge-swings-into-place/120385 […]
[…] chair of FIU’s civil and environmental engineering department, said the project was “an outstanding example of the ABC method” in a university news article that described the bridge as the “first of its […]
[…] chair of FIU’s civil and environmental engineering department, said the project was “an outstanding example of the ABC method” in a university news article that described the bridge as the “first of its […]
I am no expert when it comes to engineering but, just looking at the length of the span, says in my mind, it needed a centre support……period !
it is purely a weight over distance issue.
[…] bridge had been a point of pride for F.I.U., which has a center devoted to accelerated bridge construction and hosted a “watch […]
The bridge was designed by an artist, NOT a bridge designer.
No ethical licenced engineering firm should have agreed to build the bridge as proposed!
I am a lifetime member of ASME.
Poor design.
If the part of this bridge (span across the road) was eventually to be supported by cables from a tower that had not yet been built how was it to support itself when the scaffolding under it was removed
Seems to me that a very basic engineering mistake was made in that the span across the road was unable to support itself without the cables from the tower
They thought the bridge can support itself as long as it is not open to the public. However, they might underestimate the vibrations caused by traffic passing cars under the bridge.
[…] chair of FIU’s civil and environmental engineering department, said the project was “an outstanding example of the ABC method” in a university news article that described the bridge as the “first of its […]
14.2 millones para un puente peatonal que no duro un mes? Todo esto es muy sospechoso y si los “ingenieros ” no teniabn una solucion mas economica…que boten su titulo
[…] feet and weighed 950 tons, took just “a few hours” to install Saturday, according to a press release from Florida International University, where the bridge connected with the city of […]
Why use a heavy concrete type bridge when this only to be used by pedestrians ?
[…] the road closed?” The Tamiami Trail was shut down for a few hours while the bridge span was put in place. But then it was reopened to cars – a decision that would have been informed by engineering, of […]