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Comment by adamredwoods

Morabito Consulting did a survey almost 3 years before, listing repairs that needed to be done. I think images like this is just evidence that lawyers will accumulate. The media will just use these images to add drama.

In West Seattle, they shut down the bridge from cracks, but it did take them a while.

>>Those taut tendons serve to push the concrete together like giant rubber bands. They help the concrete resist the gravity and other forces that could crack or otherwise pull it apart.

>>“In most cases [of] cracked concrete, you're not too bothered about the concrete not operating properly,” Stanton said. “You are worried about the steel inside becoming corroded.”

https://www.kuow.org/stories/city-has-known-about-cracks-in-...

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