Florida International University Bridge Collapse

The 174 foot bridge section designed to connect florida international university with the city of sweetwater was still under construction on march 15 2018 when it crashed to the road below.
Florida international university bridge collapse. On march 15 2018 a 174 foot long 53 m recently erected section of the fiu sweetwater universitycity bridge collapsed onto the tamiami trail u s. Hours before a pedestrian bridge collapsed at florida international university last year engineers said cracks in the structure didn t pose a safety concern according to an occupational safety. In the project was partly to blame for the bridge collapse said mr. The road beneath it had been opened to traffic.
Investigation of march 15 2018 pedestrian bridge collapse at florida international university miami fl 5 figure 31 notice the depth and width of cracks near column 12 at the west side of diaphragm ii. A final ntsb public hearing on the bridge accident was held october 22 2019 in washington d c and concluded that load and capacity calculation errors made by figg bridge engineers inc are the probable cause of the fatal march 15 2018 florida international university pedestrian bridge collapse in miami legal action.