Watch a ribbon-cutting ceremony go terribly wrong

[jlw]

Originally published at: Watch a ribbon-cutting ceremony go terribly wrong | Boing Boing

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[Papasan]

Alls well that ends well.

[anon33932455]

I wouldn’t truss that bridge at all.

[Murgatroyd]

“Oops!”

[Grasshopper]

Not the only bridge to collapse during the grand opening: https://twitter.com/Sentletse/status/1534557930099449857

[moop2000]

Obligatory Simpsons reference.

Load-Bearing Poster - Simpsons - Hurricane Neddy

[FSogol]

I cantilever they didn’t test it first.

[euansmith]

That was a structural ribbon, I guess.

Edit: it looks like I owe @moop2000 a coke.

[Loudmouth]

Looks like they’re short on cement over there, maybe, and technical specs.

[VeronicaConnor]

Any engineer could have told them you need two ribbons for a bridge that size. Three in an earthquake zone.

[ClutchLinkey]

I just hope the people who built that stage for the photo opp aren’t the same people who built the bridge the photo opp was for!