Oh God…I was right…this is what the completed bridge was supposed to look like: https://t.co/jwJqOIPMTH pic.twitter.com/Oh6awfUAIT

— (((Charles Globalist-a 🌍))) (@charles_gaba) March 15, 2018

Lifting such a span with a single point of failure was obviously an incredibly dangerous maneuver. It was simply not designed to resist much more than the static force of its own weight without the full suspension cabling in place. The entire final design safety margin came from having that weight offloaded.