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And they're basically just massive concrete piers

Engineering Catastrophes

And they're basicallyjust massive concrete piers parallel to the bridge, in case of an...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E02 • 2018

And they're basically
just massive concrete piers parallel to the bridge, in case of an errant vessel and that would be the sacrificial element that would get hit. [narrator] A new early warning system was also added to protect motorists in the event of another accident. [Rex] Along the bridge are, uh, traffic arms that prevent traffic rom moving forward onto the bridge. Flashing lights come on on either end to alert the traffic for a stop condition. Another safety measure,
that we're pretty proud of

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And they're basically just massive concrete piers

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parallel to the bridge, in case of an errant vessel

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and that would be the sacrificial element that would get hit.

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[narrator] A new early warning system was also added

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to protect motorists in the event of another accident.

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[Rex] Along the bridge are, uh, traffic arms

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that prevent traffic rom moving forward onto the bridge.

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Flashing lights come on on either end

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to alert the traffic for a stop condition.

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Another safety measure, that we're pretty proud of.

Duration

34 seconds

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13

Timestamp in Movie

00:21:40

Uploaded

Oct 29, 2025

Season

6

Episode

2

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.