On: Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills at lea...

[talonx]

Why is this on HN?

[PakG1 → talonx]

Please allow this article to help you appreciate bridges. :) http://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-makers-of-things/

[andrepd → talonx]

Bridges are engineering.

[abixb → andrepd]

And it's a matter of public safety, collapses like these.

[noefingway → abixb]

Highly recommend Henry Petroski's book on bridge building https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/to-engineer-is-human-the-role-...

[abixb → noefingway]

That picture of the Tacoma Narrows' incident on the cover totally grabbed my eyeballs. This book looks super interesting, thank you for the recommendation.

[windows_tips → talonx]

rubenbe31 posted it

[bignet → windows_tips]

XD