The catastrophic collapse of the Tretten bridge in Norway

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Жыл бұрын

Here is a small documentary of the scenes at the disaster site the days after Tretten Bridge had collapsed in Norway.
There is a truck with a trailer filled with lime still on the bridge, and a car also.
There was no casualties in the accident.
The driver of the truck had the nerve to stay put in the truck, until a helicopter could come and bring him out safely.
The video clips was made during the following week after the collapse, and there was heavy rain that week. You can see the water level rise through the video.
Cranes and other equipment was brought in to quickly remove the bridge, as is had collapsed right over the european international highway E6.

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@ForensicCats Жыл бұрын

Great job. Can I use some of your content in a video? I will be sure to inform viewers of your channel and link... Thank you either way.

@andresteinum Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yes sure you can. Go ahead.

@mikewinburn Жыл бұрын

We passed by on a tour literally within the same 1/2hr of the collapse; i wondered if there were casualties... so was just searching to find out having reviewed our pictures and video. Glad to hear no casualties.

@Sam-dc9bg 3 ай бұрын

Must be very unsettling to the ones who crossed it often. I can't imagine.

@kveldgorkon4611 3 ай бұрын

It was an Eco Friendly Bridge.. Glue Laminated Wood .. there are more Bridges built like this in Norway.. They Focused more on Form rather than Structure

@LawpickingLocksmith Жыл бұрын

Oops, either steel or a weight limit. Wood looks good but needs looking after!

@3rdplanetimmigrant203 Жыл бұрын

that truck has great brakes.

@mrplod1616 Жыл бұрын

The river is flowing fast.

@MrMarcus5191 Жыл бұрын

Very lucky nobody was hurt.....but I do wonder what drove the decision to go with this design and material, after all steel and concrete are tried and true materials....

@andresteinum Жыл бұрын

There were some totally irresponsible people in the autoroties that, due to their religious orientation, insisted on using "sustainable" materials... just luck is very correct, because the local schoolbus passed the bridge just before the disaster.

@MrMarcus5191 Жыл бұрын

@@andresteinum Here in Ontario Canada we have some very old timber framed railway bridges of bolted construction. But they are not fireproof as we witnessed recently.....!

@Lakridza67 Жыл бұрын

Wait, is that wood???? Wood isn't strong enough is it?!

@andresteinum Жыл бұрын

Yes, some greenheads in the authorities found it would be smart to use wood for a bridge that thousands of 60 ton lumber roadtrains will pass over...

@Lakridza67 Жыл бұрын

@@andresteinum wow, that is unbelievably short sighted, particularly when it is taking so much weight!😳

@andresteinum Жыл бұрын

@@Lakridza67 absolutely agree!! They now cant afford to rebuild the bridge, and locals are making protests. The old bridge was made of steel, and lasted for 100 years...

@horstmuller7512 Жыл бұрын

@@andresteinum Are you sure the autorites were greenheads? It would make more sense, if these authorities are new norwegians with african roots, which are still prefer swinging across rivers by lianas but had making compromises to decadent western world.

@Lakridza67 Жыл бұрын

Sikken en fiasko!