Massive Engineering Mistakes — S5E5 — Memphis Bridge of Doom
Synopsis
A Mississippi River interstate crossing is discovered to be in danger of imminent collapse in Memphis; experts uncover severely compromised load-bearing tension members with a catastrophic weakness.
About the series
From the extraordinary to the ridiculous, this series uncovers the epic fails and near misses engineers would rather not talk about. We analyse what went wrong and reveal how they are being fixed.