Ep 16 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse

<p>Welcome to the sixteenth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.  This week's episode is about the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse.</p> <p>After the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was hit by the MV Summit Venture, collapsing a 300m+ section of the bridge into the Tampa Bay, Florida had to rebuild the bridge better and safer.  This episode covers the original bridge construction (6:00), the bridge collapse (7:45), and how the failure shaped the new bridge design (14:50).</p> <p>Engineering news segment covers the NASA Mars Perseverance Rover (4:25) - <a href='https://phys.org/news/2021-02-mars-team-awestruck-photo-descending.html'>https://phys.org/news/2021-02-mars-team-awestruck-photo-descending.html</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Transcript / Photos / Sources from this episode - <a href='https://www.failurology.ca/'>https://www.failurology.ca/</a></p> <p>Website - <a href='http://www.failurology.ca'>www.failurology.ca</a></p> <p>Twitter - <a href='https://twitter.com/failurology'>https://twitter.com/failurology</a></p> <p>Email - <a href='mailto:thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com'>thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Linked In - <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast'>https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast</a></p>