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Probably most of them. A structure like that not designed to bear vertical loads, not lateral ones, other than high winds.

The knee is like this too. It lets you stand, run and jump just fine, but you can knock down an opponent with a relatively mild lateral impact to the knee.

Much more of the bridge collapsed than you might think, though, far from the impact.




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