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Season 46 Episode 18

Can new engineering techniques help prevent deadly bridge collapses?

In 2018, Italy’s Morandi Bridge collapsed, tragically killing 43 people. For 50 years, the iconic bridge had withstood the elements—and stress from ever-increasing traffic. What went wrong that fateful day? And how can new engineering technology protect bridge infrastructure to prevent such tragic failures in the future?

AIR DATE 10/16/19

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