FIU says it knew about crack on bridge, and state’s Transportation Department did, too
By Douglas Hanks, Nora Gámez Torres, Mary Ellen Klas And David Smiley
March 17, 2018 09:10 AM
Updated 20 minutes ago
Hours before Florida International University’s new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto traffic, the school met with engineers and the state’s Department of Transportation for two hours to discuss whether a crack on the structure was a safety risk, FIU said in a statement Saturday.
The disclosure followed a Friday night announcement from FDOT that an engineer hired by FIU had called the agency days before the March 15 collapse to flag the crack and say he did not think it was a safety issue. The voicemail message was not received until Friday, according to FDOT.
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