This relatively low-tech method is among a battery of tests that materials scientists are using to determine why several anchor rods securing the newest portion of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, the region’s busiest, failed their earthquake inspections. The first alarms sounded in 2013, when seismic tests found 32 faulty rods. They’d been sitting in a large pool of water, corroding. — wired.com
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Every time I drive across this bridge, I have to cross my fingers and hope the big one doesn't hit when I am mid span.
Made in China from the cheapest, dirtiest, "recyclable" shit scrap they could find. WTF did they expect?
I wonder it it has been tested for radiation.
Just who was in-charge of this project? Investigate how he compromised the specs and how much he profited by looking the other way! Then hang him, preferably in China!Set a precedent so this never happens again in the USA.
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