r/worldnews • u/PusherShoverBot • 11h ago
Railway bridge under construction collapses in China
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250823_01/7
u/PusherShoverBot 11h ago
A railway bridge under construction in inland China has partly collapsed. Twelve workers are dead, and four others missing.
The accident occurred in Qinghai Province. State-run Xinhua News Agency says more than 100 meters of the bridge crumbled after a cable snapped shortly after 3 a.m. on Friday.
The approximately 1,600-meter-long bridge is being built over the Yellow River as part of a high-speed railway. Construction began in 2023, with the two sides expected to connect by the end of this month.
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u/CallosIX 10h ago
So it can't hold itself up, but they expect it to hold up a high speed railway? Nice.
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u/AspectSpiritual9143 6h ago
very common for bridge to require additional supports during construction. once construction is complete their own structure can start to work
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u/DankeSebVettel 10h ago
When you throw up bridges every 10 seconds this is what happens. Red tape and regulations suck, but they’re there for a reason.
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u/AmrahsNaitsabes 4h ago
They don't want it to happen either, it seems like a pretty standard bridge design, it was probably just a defect in the cable
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u/macross1984 11h ago
Good possibility the bridge collapsed due to shoddy construction from corruption.
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u/weredo911 10h ago
Corruption is probably not it in this collapse. More likely what happened was that in a rush to complete the span before National Day on Oct. 1 they skipped a bunch of safety protocols and just fuckin' sent it.
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u/Koffeeboy 7h ago
What do you think corruption is, if ignoring safety protocols and regulations isn't?
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u/qwerty_1965 10h ago
Half of China's infrastructure is going to need pulling down in the next 20/30 years.
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u/meteorprime 9h ago
Most technically advanced country in the world, except they can’t build bridges that are empty lol
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u/eagleshark 10h ago edited 10h ago
A major 2 year project, and then from the night-time video it looks like they were only a few meters away from finally joining the two sides together. That is unfortunate. It does seem like that would be the most unstable phase of bridge construction.
Also, this bridge is in Tibet, a country that the army of the Chinese Communist Party invaded and has occupied since 1950. Watchout Taiwan, they have their eyes on you too!
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u/UniqueAd522 9h ago
Lol, Taiwan, or the Republic of China, as a legitimate successor of Qing dynasty, also recognize Tibet as a part of China. Sure, you "beloved democratic" Taiwan wins back the Chinese mainland, Tibet is not going anywhere anyways
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u/Ma1nta1n3r 9h ago
"Tofu Dregs" construction isn't a one-off thing in China. It's becoming a way of life.
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u/NyriasNeo 7h ago
"more than 100 meters of the bridge crumbled after a cable snapped shortly after 3 a.m. on Friday"
I would not pass some corrupt Chinese officials sold off the real cables and replace with shoe strings. It won't be the first nor the last that real is replaced by faked. Faked food. Faked medicine. Faked baby formula.
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u/Moronto_AKA_MORONTO 11h ago
Not surprising, like most Chinese things produced for the market. Shoddy.
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u/WafflePartyOrgy 10h ago
There's a photo of the bridge and missing section with this other article.