Nova, Why Bridges Collapse

PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Wednesday, June 21, at 9 PM
Thursday, June 22, at 2 AM
Tuesday, June 27, at 5 PM

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?