>>20632205 lb
>Even at 8 knots, this had enough push to fold a critical 1 of 2 supports necessary to bring the while thing down.
Anon thinks it was the perfect bridge type to attack, because if it was a suspension, the deck probably would have held up for a while after the pier got smashed and all the vehicles might have gotten off. This shit was total because it's a continuous span, so kinda slender in truss member material, because everything relies on those piers anyway. It's not as robust as something like the Brooklyn Bridge. Though I don't know any bridge pier is designed for that kind of impact loading.
>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_truss_bridge
Picnotrel, just purty.