MIAMI - A Miami university bridge that collapsed and killed six people last year showed significant design errors and should have been more carefully monitored by the state government because of the project’s complexity, federal officials said Tuesday. Dan Walsh said they were “alarming warning signs,” and that it was as if “the bridge was talking” to the contractors. But the NTSB findings said the bridge could still have failed because of design miscalculations. The project’s complexity required greater oversight than was given by the Florida Department of Transportation, the board said in its findings. The bridge collapsed immediately after crews tightened support rods in the northern section of the bridge.

Source: thestar October 22, 2019 17:49 UTC