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[narrator] Taking a full yea By 1986
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Engineering Catastrophes

Taking a full yea By 1986, the second bridge fix was complete, but it was more of a band...

[narrator] Taking a full yea By 1986, the second bridge fix was complete, but it was more of a band ai than a permanent solution. Every repair adds more weight,
but add too much and the fixes would start
to overload the bridge, essentially making its problems worse. The latest fix alone involves
75 miles of new welds and 200,000 new bolts
adding unanticipated weight to a structure that's now
five decades old

Full Transcript

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[narrator] Taking a full yea By 1986,
00:00:04.012 --> 00:00:07.078
the second bridge fix was complete,
00:00:07.008 --> 00:00:10.998
but it was more of a band ai than a permanent solution.
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:14.398
Every repair adds more weight, but add too much
00:00:14.004 --> 00:00:17.398
and the fixes would start to overload the bridge,
00:00:17.004 --> 00:00:20.478
essentially making its problems worse.
00:00:20.048 --> 00:00:25.238
The latest fix alone involves 75 miles of new welds
00:00:25.024 --> 00:00:30.118
and 200,000 new bolts adding unanticipated weight
00:00:30.002 --> 00:00:33.997
to a structure that's now five decades old.
Duration
34 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:36
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: Not only are there lots of motors to keep running, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
NARRATOR: Not only are there lots of motors to keep running,
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: Here, they achieved that by raising the abutment - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
NARRATOR: Here, they achieved that by raising the abutment
S06 • E06 The moisture of their breath would form clouds near the ceiling. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
The moisture of their breath would form clouds near the ceil...
S06 • E02 But with a full slate of events from music to sports, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
But with a full slate of events from music to sports,
S06 • E10 [narrator] Although the team didn't know it at the time, the fix hadn't worked. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:29
[narrator] Although the team didn't know it at the time...
S06 • E02 This was so complex, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:42
This was so complex,
S06 • E07 Fortunately, it was early enough that they realized - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Fortunately, it was early enough that they realized
S06 • E06 [narrator] In the end, Hitler's defeat prevented - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] In the end, Hitler's defeat prevented
S06 • E08 People pay a lot of money to live in this city center, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:25
People pay a lot of money to live in this city center,
S06 • E03 [narrator] Four decades late nature had other ideas, and the ice, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:32
[narrator] Four decades late nature had other ideas, and ...
S06 • E09 A ball joint is a critical element for construction, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
A ball joint is a critical element for construction,
S06 • E04 The eroded embankment collapsed like a landslide, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:34
The eroded embankment collapsed like a landslide,
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: Ultimately, it seems the problem is that this - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
NARRATOR: Ultimately, it seems the problem is that this
S06 • E05 And then we put Styrofoam blocks in, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
And then we put Styrofoam blocks in,
S06 • E10 [narrator] The 2010 collapse - Engineering Catastrophes 00:35
[narrator] The 2010 collapse
S06 • E01 [narrator] In 2021, authorities admitted - Engineering Catastrophes 00:31
[narrator] In 2021, authorities admitted
S06 • E06 Now overgrown by nature, it's another memory of a long, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
Now overgrown by nature, it's another memory of a long,
S06 • E08 That worked really well, but then it blew off later, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
That worked really well, but then it blew off later,
S06 • E09 Probably the systems now are already - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Probably the systems now are already
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: With the mistake corrected, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
NARRATOR: With the mistake corrected,