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Comment by mikeyouse

Older bridges no, but newer bridges should absolutely. The Bay Bridge was struck in 2007 and came away mostly unscathed due to earlier efforts to prevent catastrophic damage in that scenario;

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosco_Busan_oil_spill

Though the Maryland accident looks like it struck it dead on - just a massive amount of energy to absorb.

parent mikeyouse 2 years ago

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