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It's all over the news. I think it's really sad. Me and my family were going to go there today (Laval) but we decided not to, and well it's better off. The main highway is blocked anyway.

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Note: CBC have their days wrong, it collapsed on Saturday, not Sunday.

I have seen this all over the news as well.

Has any reason been found why the overpass collapsed?



Sucks big time

They first are trying to get the cars out, then they will investigate.... Its been a sad 2 weeks for montreal

holy crap :\
i need to turn on the tv more often.

that's nuts..

This is also the second time (in 6 years I think) this happened in the Greater Montréal region =\

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Originally posted by *Saint*
This is also the second time (in 6 years I think) this happened in the Greater Montréal region =\

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didnt they just close 20 out of like 45 overpasses? i heard that on the news, i could be wrong though

They are throughly inspecting 20 that were made with the same plans, and they closed one. They are also inspecting the other 4500 overpasses in Québec and have 200 left to check.

What kind of engineers do you have in Canada?

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Originally posted by Steven
They first are trying to get the cars out, then they will investigate.... Its been a sad 2 weeks for montreal

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When I posted that they already had.

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Originally posted by Chrono
What kind of engineers do you have in Canada?

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According to what the The guy said (the guy who made the plans, he was interviewed this morning) it was lack of people taking care of the overpasses. Noone takes care of them, it's true. It makes sense that this one collapsed, it's a main in Laval.

Its strange you normally don't hear about highway overpasses collapsing. Hope it never happens again in the future.