{"id":5651,"date":"2025-09-20T15:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T15:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=5651"},"modified":"2025-09-20T15:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T15:18:11","slug":"tragedy-as-new-skybridge-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=5651","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy as New Skybridge Collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Miami Bridge Collapse: Promise and Disaster<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, Florida International University unveiled a 53-meter pedestrian bridge in Miami,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>designed to connect campus and neighborhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Days later, it collapsed in seconds, crushing eight vehicles. Six people were killed and several injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-634.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76161\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Engineering and Oversight Failures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts called it \u201can avoidable disaster,\u201d pointing to ignored warnings and poor management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Design Flaws<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concrete truss design was unusual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forensic engineer Dr. Sean Brady explained: \u201cIf one of those members breaks, there\u2019s nowhere for the load to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With no redundancy, a single failure caused total collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonpres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3000-300x180.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16627\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Construction Mistakes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cold joints, where concrete was poured at different times, weakened the structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crucially, the order to \u201croughen\u201d a joint for bonding was missing from drawings and overlooked in reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new, safer bridge now stands as a reminder of accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonpres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MW-GF566_bridge_ZH_20180315144022-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16628\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Bridge Collapse: Promise and Disaster In 2018, Florida International University unveiled a 53-meter pedestrian bridge in Miami, designed to connect campus and neighborhoods. Days later, it collapsed in seconds, crushing eight vehicles. Six people were killed and several injured. Engineering and Oversight Failures Experts called it \u201can avoidable disaster,\u201d pointing to ignored warnings and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5653,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions\/5653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}