Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse
At the time of the collapse, six lanes of road beneath the bridge were open to traffic. [1][3] The pedestrian bridge was designed to connect the town of Sweetwater to the campus of Florida …
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On Thursday, March 15, 2018, about 1:46 p.m., a partially constructed pedestrian bridge crossing an eight-lane roadway in the city of Miami, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, experienced a …
A look at what happened to the contractor in the fatal FIU bridge collapse
Mar 17, 2024 · Friday marks six years since the deadly collapse of a pedestrian bridge near the campus of Florida International University in southwest Miami-Dade that claimed the lives of …
On March 15, 2018, at approximately 1:45 p.m., a pedestrian bridge under construction in Miami, Florida, collapsed. One employee and five motorists were fatally injured, and another …
Work begins on new FIU pedestrian bridge 6 years after collapse
Nov 4, 2024 · MIAMI - More than six years after the Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapsed, work has begun on a new one. Construction started Sunday night. The first …
FIU Pedestrian Bridge Collapse: Building Code Compliance and …
Mar 14, 2025 · On March 15, 2018, the FIU Pedestrian Bridge in Miami collapsed onto active traffic on Southwest 8th Street, five days after installation. The 950-ton structure failed during …
Florida International University Pedestrian Bridge Project Overview
Mar 16, 2018 · On March 15, a 174-foot-long, 950-ton pedestrian bridge connecting Florida International University (FIU) to Sweetwater, Florida, collapsed during its construction. The …
FIU bridge collapse | Lessons learnt three years since Florida …
Mar 15, 2021 · Three years ago today, the under construction Florida International University (FIU) pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a Florida highway, crushing cars and killing six people …
NTSB’s FIU Bridge Collapse Investigation Finds Many Problems
Oct 23, 2019 · During its three-hour-plus-long presentation on the cause of the Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse, officials with the National Transportation …
In this article, Ian Firth looks back at the box-girder bridge collapses of 1970 and considers the applicability of the lessons learned to structural engineers today.