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Anonymous ID: 65eb9a March 17, 2018, 8:33 a.m. No.696946   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6960 >>6994 >>7068

Mark Rosenberg is the President of Florida International University

 

Bridge built using TIGER Grant awarded in 2013.

 

About TIGER Grants: https:// www.transportation.gov/tiger/about

 

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Bridge was constructed using a 'new' type of concrete that is 'self-cleaning'.

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https:// news.fiu.edu/2018/03/first-of-its-kind-pedestrian-bridge-swings-into-place/120385

 

Mario Diaz-Balart (The U.S. Representative and Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development) spoke about the bridge in the article linked below:

 

https:// news.fiu.edu/2018/03/first-of-its-kind-pedestrian-bridge-swings-into-place/120385

 

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Mario Diaz-Balart is, apparently, related to the late Fidel Castro:

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http:// www.newsweek.com/fidel-castro-diaz-balart-cuba-suicide-fidelito-fidel-castro-797917

 

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Not sure this has any bearing on the bridge collapse, but I thought it worth pointing out.

 

Image included shows that, at some point during the bridge's short lifetime, the road WAS closed.

 

Link to dropbox supposedly includes pics and videos of the bridge being installed. Conveniently at the time I was trying to access it, it had hit its 'daily limit'.

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FIU's School of Hospitality & Tourism Management collaborated with China's Ministry of Education to work on preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympics. FIU was the only university in the United States invited to do so.

 

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Wonder why they were the only one invited….

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Florida International University has two major campuses in Miami, the main campus, University Park and its regional campus, the Biscayne Bay Campus, as well as several branch campuses and research facilities throughout South Florida, in Tianjin, China, and in Nervi and Genoa, Italy.

 

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Interesting that they have a campus in China.

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The main campus is located on the south side of the Tamiami Trail (U.S. Route 41/SW 8th Street) between SW 107th and SW 117th Avenue next to Florida's Turnpike and near the western terminus of the Dolphin Expressway.

 

Miami-Dade Transit serves University Park with Metrobus lines 8, 11, 24, and 71. Metrobus lines 75 and 135 serve the Biscayne Bay Campus.[117] Bus lines 8, 11 and the 24 directly connect FIU with Downtown Miami.

 

Two distinct FIU-operated bus lines are available. The CATS Shuttle runs between University Park and the Engineering Center, and the Golden Panther Express, from University Park to the Biscayne Bay Campus.

 

The CATS Shuttle connects University Park from the Graham Center bus stop and the Engineering and Computer Sciences Building, to the Engineering Center on Flagler Street and 107th Avenue. The CATS Shuttle is free and runs roughly every 15 minutes between 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Golden Panther Express connects the Biscayne Bay Campus to University Park. It runs from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday, and costs $2.50 each way. The Golden Panther Express departs from the Graham Center bus stop at the main campus, and the Academic 1 bus stop at the Biscayne Bay Campus.[118]

 

There has long been plans for Metrorail, the local heavy rail rapid transit system to be extended west, with two proposed lines terminating at Florida International University's main campus.[119][120] This would ease traffic and parking problems at and around the main campus.

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With all these transportation options…why was the bridge even needed?

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Still digging…