Xinhua:Three dead in east China's highway overpass collapse

[Hamartia Antidote]

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/11/c_138462874.htm

NANJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Three people have been confirmed dead and two others injured after a highway overpass in eastern China's Jiangsu Province collapsed Thursday, crushing three cars beneath it, local authorities said Friday.

The overpass collapse happened at around 6:10 p.m. at the section of National Highway 312 in the city of Wuxi.

The preliminary investigation showed one of the trapped cars, which happened to be parking under the overpass, had nobody inside. The three people in the other two cars were killed.

There were also five other cars driving on the overpass when the collapse happened. The vehicles including three sedans and two trucks were stopped by the guardrail on the overpass, leaving two injured.

According to rescuers and experts from the Ministry of Transport at the site, the overturning of the upper span bridge was caused by heavily-overloaded vehicles.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Damn that's sad.

RIP.

China has a built a lot of infrastructure pretty quickly but a lot of it seems pretty fragile. Their lifts and escalators keep malfunctioning, I have seen some horror videos.

 

[Yaseen1]

i think due to corruption such events occur

 

[Goenitz]

i think due to corruption such events occur

yes it must be building fault and not of design/architect..

 

[Paul2]

yes it must be building fault and not of design/architect..

There are hundreds of similar, completely unremarkable overpasses that are just fine. This one as I read was just 6-5 years old, so corrosion shouldn't have been an issue. It seems that pillars got crushed first, not cracked — that would've indicated armature giving up before the concrete.

They have to get concrete tested on ultimate compressive strength, but so far this is a clearest case of overload from trucks being allowed on overpass.

There are tons of cameras on every overpass in China, they should've started fining truck owners years ago.

 

[Goenitz]

There are hundreds of similar, completely unremarkable overpasses that are just fine. This one as I read was just 6-5 years old, so corrosion shouldn't have been an issue. It seems that pillars got crushed first, not cracked — that would've indicated armature giving up before the concrete.

They have to get concrete tested on ultimate compressive strength, but so far this is a clearest case of overload from trucks being allowed on overpass.

There are tons of cameras on every overpass in China, they should've started fining truck owners years ago.

I am not doubting Chinese infrastructure but thought may be some 'bad' contractor wanted to make more profit so used less quality material. Else as you saying, it can be overloading issue but civil structures are made with huge safety factors. so that is unlikely.

 

[CHN Bamboo]

Large trucks in China are often overloaded.
I heard that truck that caused the accident exceeded the limit of more than 100 tons
(Edit: actually it's more than 200 tons, and the limited load of the bridge is 55 tons.)

This should be a special phenomenon unique to China. In other countries, the quality of infrastructure is generally not so good, and drivers do not dare to overload goods as often as Chinese drivers.

* According to professional comments, no matter how good quality the bridge has, it will be difficult to bear trucks that exceed the limit by several times the weight.

 

[Tom99]

Yupe. Illegal overloaded lorries caused many of these problem.

China need to investigate, charge and fine all companies responsible for these.

 

[Mista]

Large trucks in China are often overloaded.
I heard that truck that caused the accident exceeded the limit of more than 100 tons
(Edit: actually it's more than 200 tons, and the limited load of the bridge is 55 tons.)

This should be a special phenomenon unique to China. In other countries, the quality of infrastructure is generally not so good, and drivers do not dare to overload goods as often as Chinese drivers.

* According to professional comments, no matter how good quality the bridge has, it will be difficult to bear trucks that exceed the limit by several times the weight.

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I think I saw you on Zhihu just now lol.

 

[vi-va]

Damn that's sad.

RIP.

China has a built a lot of infrastructure pretty quickly but a lot of it seems pretty fragile. Their lifts and escalators keep malfunctioning, I have seen some horror videos.

It's due to heavily overloaded truck. Unimaginable overloaded. Has little to do with quality.

yes it must be building fault and not of design/architect..

It's due to heavily overloaded truck. Unimaginable overloaded. Has little to do with quality.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

The OP is a known nut job on a CIA payroll so don’t try and talk logically about his posts.

Having said that I would tend to believe there is a real problem with illegal overloaded lorries.

It's due to heavily overloaded truck. Unimaginable overloaded. Has little to do with quality.


It's due to heavily overloaded truck. Unimaginable overloaded. Has little to do with quality.

I think I saw you on twitter just now lol.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

The OP is a known nut job on a CIA payroll

Thanks for trolling.

@LeveragedBuyout and I have already posted here in the past that if the CIA wants to put us on their payroll at $100 a post we’ll happily accept.

Unfortunately no takers. Ah well....we don’t work at 50 cent rates. They’ll have to hire some disgruntled Falun Gonger.

 

[Nan Yang]

It's due to heavily overloaded truck. Unimaginable overloaded. Has little to do with quality.


It's due to heavily overloaded truck. Unimaginable overloaded. Has little to do with quality.

It also looks like an enforcement problem.

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A restaurant owner surnamed Yu told financial news outlet Caixin that he had been watching a truck carrying six industrial-sized steel rolls cross the overpass just before it collapsed. One of the steel rolls weighed 29,535 kilograms, Caixin learned from a transport certificate viewed at the scene. If all six rolls were the same size, they would have weighed nearly 180 metric tons.

A worker uploads industrial-size steel rolls from a trailer in Qidong, Jiangsu province, May 19, 2018. Such cargo is too heavy for some bridges with load-bearing restrictions.

 

[vi-va]

It also looks like an enforcement problem.

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A restaurant owner surnamed Yu told financial news outlet Caixin that he had been watching a truck carrying six industrial-sized steel rolls cross the overpass just before it collapsed. One of the steel rolls weighed 29,535 kilograms, Caixin learned from a transport certificate viewed at the scene. If all six rolls were the same size, they would have weighed nearly 180 metric tons.

A worker uploads industrial-size steel rolls from a trailer in Qidong, Jiangsu province, May 19, 2018. Such cargo is too heavy for some bridges with load-bearing restrictions.

180 tons without truck weight. I assume 200 tons with truck weight included. It's mid size truck, unimaginable overloaded. Huge pressure. Out of the design of the bridge.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1004665/collapsed-bridge-that-killed-3-was-marked-for-renovation

Collapsed Bridge That Killed 3 Was Marked for Renovation

A highway overpass that killed three people when it collapsed Thursday evening in eastern China’s Jiangsu province had been earmarked for renovation over concerns about the size and weight of the trucks using it.

At around 6:10 p.m., a section of China National Highway 312 in the city of Wuxi gave way, crushing three vehicles and killing three people, local authorities confirmed Friday. Five other vehicles — three cars and two trucks — had been driving over the bridge when it collapsed, and two people in them were injured.

In late July, the city’s construction project management center had introduced a plan to renovate the highway, according to The Beijing News. The plan included reinforcing the section that collapsed Thursday.

A preliminary investigation suggests that an overweight vehicle passing over the bridge may have caused the accident, according to the statement. Last year, a local deputy of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislative body, submitted a proposal with Wuxi’s city planning bureau to address the problem of trucks causing traffic along the highway, according to the National Business Daily newspaper.

A restaurant owner surnamed Yu told financial news outlet Caixin that he had been watching a truck carrying six industrial-sized steel rolls cross the overpass just before it collapsed. One of the steel rolls weighed 29,535 kilograms, Caixin learned from a transport certificate viewed at the scene. If all six rolls were the same size, they would have weighed nearly 180 metric tons.

The truck belongs to Wuxi Chenggong Transport Co. Ltd., Caixin reported. The company was closed on Friday morning, and its representatives are under investigation, police told the outlet. Between December 2018 and September of this year, Wuxi Chenggong was involved in at least six lawsuits stemming from traffic accidents, according to public records reviewed by Sixth Tone.

The highway section is located near several steel processing factories and logistics hubs, and the city of Wuxi has a reputation for supplying much of China’s stainless steel, according to Caixin. Residents at the scene of the accident told the outlet that they frequently witnessed overloaded trucks traveling along the highway.

Less than a kilometer from the collapsed overpass is an industrial zone called East Steel City where hundreds of companies doing business in steel-related products are based.

A resident surnamed Chen who runs a steel business in the area told The Beijing News that the collapsed overpass was often used by trucks transporting steel rolls. “It’s common to see overloaded trucks — even one carrying 300 tons a few years ago,” the outlet quoted Chen as saying. “Supervision is stricter now, but a single truck might still be hauling 150 tons.”