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Records: Cracks in Miami bridge grew “daily” before collapse

Records: Cracks in Miami bridge grew "daily" before collapse | iNFOnews.ca
In this March 15, 2018, photo, emergency personnel respond after a brand-new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway at Florida International University in Miami. Nineteen-year-old Richie Humble says he's been haunted by flashbacks and anxiety attacks ever since the bridge fell on the car he was riding in with a fellow student, killing her and five other people. Humble spoke to reporters Monday, April 2, saying the March 15 bridge collapse caused a fracture in his back, as well as knee and neck problems. (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald via AP, File)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Just hours before a pedestrian bridge collapsed and killed six people at a Miami university, engineers confirmed that cracks in the concrete structure “increased in length daily.”

The Florida Department of Transportation released documents Monday related to the collapse of bridge at Florida International University in March 2018. Included among them was a synopsis of a meeting that took place the same morning of the collapse.

The company that designed the bridge said there were no safety concerns, and that the span could be repaired after it was put into place.

Hours later, the 174-foot-long (53-meter) span fell onto traffic allowed to flow beneath the structure.

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