A recently opened 758-metre-long bridge in China’s southwestern Sichuan province collapsed on Tuesday, with no casualties reported.
The Hongqi bridge, located on a national highway linking the country’s heartland with Tibet, had only been completed earlier this year.
Safety concerns prompted the closure, as conditions on the mountainside worsened significantly by Tuesday afternoon.
Landslides triggered by the deteriorating conditions ultimately led to the collapse of the approach bridge and its roadbed.
Presumably a massive construction near by could have contributed to destabilisation?
I mean presumably in the course of such a large project this was done.
Presumably, it would be better to wait for more detail before wildly speculating that this was incompetence.
Naaaaaah. FAKE NEWS. Communist soil stands together against the tyrannies of giant concrete pilings.