A Bridge did collapse in Seoul Korea in the mid-90's due to structural proplems and 14 people were killed, but I was under the impression that it collapsed in the middle, so I don't think this is it.
Yeah, it was the Hanshin Expressway. Unfortunately, it was worse than design failure, which apparently was well within code, it was construction fraud. The concrete was filled with garbage, bits of wood, paper, etc that the construction company used instead of rebar and stuff. Mixing the trash with the concrete was cheaper than hauling it away also.
There was also some issue with "river-sand" vs. "beach-sand". Not an engineer, but something about the sand used in the concrete had a high salt content that caused the rebar to corrode. Jeeze, I can't believe that was 12 years ago, feels like yesterday.
I believe this failure was caused by an earthquake. The foundation appears to have given way along a clear fault line along the edge of the pilecaps. Structurally, the bridge appears to be intact. This indicates a clear foundation failure. Notice the other buildings appear to be intact, they probably have been designed to withstand earthquakes.
Were these photographs taken in Korea? Well, from some of the photographs, I can see the Japanese Kanji and Hiragana scripts. They certainly don't look like Korean script to me.
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Ah, and as Gumpy pointed out, this is from Japan, the writing on the signs and roads is Japanese.
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tnx Gypsy to comfirm my post....tc
Ya here we go, from 1994
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The death toll in the collapse of a bridge in
central Seoul during the morning rush hour today was at least 32, with
17 injured, the South Korean police said.
Witnesses said there
was no warning before a 157-foot central section of the steel-girdered
bridge sheared cleanly from the main structure and fell into the Han
River, taking with it cars, vans and a fully loaded bus. Earlier,
officials had said the death toll might be as high as 48, but later in
the day they said there were 32 confirmed dead.
President Kim
Young Sam called an emergency Cabinet meeting and demanded a thorough
investigation and heavy punishment for those responsible.
A
presidential spokesman said Prime Minister Lee Yung Dug had offered to
resign over the collapse but Mr. Kim had turned the offer down. The
resignation of the Mayor of Seoul, Lee Won Jong, was accepted, the
presidential spokesman said.
The Songsu bridge, opened 15 years
ago, is one of 17 across the Han normally packed with traffic during
rush hour. The river bisects Seoul, and millions of office workers
commute over it daily to the northern business area from residential
districts in the south of the city.
City officials said repairs
on the bridge had been scheduled for Thursday evening but were
postponed because of bad weather. The central span was not due for
repair, however, they said.
The Songsu was built by one of
South Korea's biggest construction firms, Dong Ah Construction
Industrial Company. A Dong Ah official said today that the bridge had
been designed for vehicles no heavier than 36.3 tons. But the bridge,
one of the city's busiest, now allowed loads of more than 47.3 tons.
"The
bridge could not sustain the load for a long time, and connection pins
in the middle part of the bridge appear to have broken," Yonhap news
agency quoted the unnamed official as saying.
Two years ago another bridge across the Han collapsed, but it was still under construction and there were no casualties.
After
the Cabinet meeting the Government said it would put an emergency
inspection program into effect for bridges all over South Korea.
The Cabinet also decided to award $5,000 to the family of each victim.
A
flotilla of small boats scoured the river for victims, but rescues were
hampered by rain, swirling tides and heavy traffic. On the wreckage of
the collapsed span, rescue workers lined up bodies.
The
battered section rested on the riverbed with the road surface visible
above the water level. There were no signs of life from the badly
mangled city bus or the van and two cars resting on it.
One witness said he thought at least 10 more vehicles had plunged into the Han, which is 20 to 30 feet deep at that point.
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should I send an apologize email to my colleague or what?
A Bridge did collapse in Seoul Korea in the mid-90's due to structural proplems and 14 people were killed, but I was under the impression that it collapsed in the middle, so I don't think this is it.
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i have sent an email to my colleague who has sent this pic to me and asked him to be sure what ur sending :)....tnx for the information guys.....
Yeah, it was the Hanshin Expressway. Unfortunately, it was worse than design failure, which apparently was well within code, it was construction fraud. The concrete was filled with garbage, bits of wood, paper, etc that the construction company used instead of rebar and stuff. Mixing the trash with the concrete was cheaper than hauling it away also.
There was also some issue with "river-sand" vs. "beach-sand". Not an engineer, but something about the sand used in the concrete had a high salt content that caused the rebar to corrode. Jeeze, I can't believe that was 12 years ago, feels like yesterday.
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Yep.. it has happened after an earthquake in japan... and not because of some engineering failiure in korea...
These pictures were taken after the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in the Osaka/Kobe area of Japan.
Japanese Kanji and Hiragana scripts.......i dunno maybe.
I believe this failure was caused by an earthquake. The foundation appears to have given way along a clear fault line along the edge of the pilecaps. Structurally, the bridge appears to be intact. This indicates a clear foundation failure. Notice the other buildings appear to be intact, they probably have been designed to withstand earthquakes.
Were these photographs taken in Korea? Well, from some of the photographs, I can see the Japanese Kanji and Hiragana scripts. They certainly don't look like Korean script to me.
millions of dollars gone to waste!!
this is the result of fast track projects going on everywhere in the world, worst things are yet to come
it's seems that somebody didn't do the correct calculation, any one get hurt?Hope it wasn't you the safety officer ,, hehe