Poor Maintenance and Construction Flaws Are Cited in Italy Bridge Collapse
Poor Maintenance and Construction Flaws Are Cited in Italy Bridge Collapse A report identified corroded cables as being to blame in the tragedy that took 43 lives in the northwestern city of Genoa in 2018. What remained of the eastern side of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa after its collapse in August 2018.Credit...Nadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times Dec. 22, 2020 The 2018 collapse of a bridge in northwestern Italy that killed 43 people was a result of problems in the structure’s conception, design, construction and, more recently, maintenance that led to corrosion in some steel cables th...
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