A bridge in Congo collapsed immediately after the ribbon-cutting. Why was the bridge cut off?

A perfectly good bridge will break immediately after the ribbon-cutting. In my personal opinion, there are two reasons. The first bridge has serious quality problems, which may be due to the design or the construction process; the second bridge exceeds the design weight and is overweight, causing the bridge to be overwhelmed and collapsed.

The incident happened on a small bridge in Congo. The bridge is a short bridge, which is used to facilitate local residents to pass during the flood season. Building such a bridge was originally a good thing, but it became a global joke during the ribbon-cutting ceremony before the bridge was put into use.

This already very small bridge began to collapse after the ribbon-cutting and before people could celebrate. Not only did the bridge body break into two sections, but even the entire bridge deck collapsed. After watching the video, many netizens also joked that the ribbons used for cutting ribbons play an important role in the load-bearing of the bridge. After being cut, the bridge cannot bear the load and collapses.

The above statement is just a joke by netizens. In actual projects, ribbon-cutting has no impact on the bridge structure. The bridge could collapse for two possible reasons. No matter which reason exists, the bridge will collapse; fortunately, the bridge collapsed as soon as it was built, instead of collapsing in the flood, and there were no casualties.

Flaws in the bridge design and construction process may make the bridge's stress-bearing structure unreasonable, which may lead to collapse after the bridge is built to bear load. This situation is often encountered in engineering. Both design and construction links are very important. If any link is wrong, the quality and life of the bridge will be greatly affected.

In addition to this reason, bridges may also collapse when they bear more than the design weight. This is also an important reason why almost all bridges in life have limited weight.

Limiting the maximum weight of bridge traffic is to ensure the safety of the bridge structure and normal operation. On the day of the ribbon-cutting, the bridge was crowded with people, which may have exceeded the designed load-bearing capacity. This caused the bridge to collapse and staged a scene that made people laugh and cry.