Florida DOT plans to replace collapsed FIU pedestrian bridge

2020-05-13T14:44:00-04:00

The Florida DOT (FDOT) announced last week that it will build a replacement for the pedestrian bridge that collapsed in March 2018 while under construction on the Florida International University campus in Miami. [...] The department said that it will oversee and manage the construction of the new bridge and will incorporate the recommendations offered up by the National Transportation Safety Board [...].

The collapse of the pedestrian bridge on Florida International University's Miami campus killed six people in March 2018.

Investigators confirm that Miami bridge collapsed during post-tensioning

2018-03-23T14:32:00-04:00

The National Transportation Safety Board reports that its investigators remain at the scene of the deadly Miami pedestrian bridge collapse that occurred last week on the Florida International University campus.

NTSB investigators and contractors remove and catalog core samples from the pedestrian bridge deck. Photo courtesy of NTSB.

The latest statement issued by the agency lists 'significant developments' in the investigation and describes what happened right before the bridge collapsed: "The investigative team has confirmed that workers were adjusting tension on the two tensioning rods located in the diagonal member at the north end of the span when the bridge collapsed. They had done this same work earlier at the south end, moved to the north side, and had adjusted one rod. They were working on the second rod when the span failed and collapsed. The roadway was not closed while this work was being performed."

Read the full statement here.

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Florida DOT plans to replace collapsed FIU pedestrian bridge

Investigators confirm that Miami bridge collapsed during post-tensioning