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[rootusrootus]

> A bridge that was the direct precursor to this one, collapsed after a few years

Do you mean the one which was hit by a supertanker?

[toyg → rootusrootus]

in a way that was not accounted for, yes. Other bits of the bridge were reinforced, apparently, but not that one. It is significant because the Italian bridge also had to be signficiantly reinforced at the base, about 20 years after construction.