re: #217 goddamnedfrank

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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.

It looks to me like that was half the bridge that was installed over the road, and the half that goes over the river wasn’t up yet? So some genius decided to put up the half of the bridge that goes over a busy road and then leave it there unsupported while they put up the other half, built the support tower, and then rigged all the support cables at the very end?