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Subject Scary! Massive waves on huge road bridge in Volgograd. (Video)

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Original Message I think this happened yesterday, May 20th

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse Gallopin Gertie:
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Europe's longest bridge closed after it wobbles

By Channel 4 News

Updated on 21 May 2010

A seven-kilometre-long bridge over the Volga River has been closed after the structure started to wobble.

The bridge in Volgograd, southern Russia was built last year at a cost of £55m, and opened in October 2009.

Several people were travelling across the bridge in cars when it started moving, but there were no injuries reported.

It was closed last night, and remained shut this morning as emergency services looked to see if there had been further structural damage.

Engineers were examining whether strong river currents caused by melting snow upstream had loosened one of the bridge's vertical supports.

Its closure is a blow to drivers and inhabitants of Volgograd, a large industrial city.

The nearest bridge is a hundred kilometres away and the only alternative is a ferry.

[link to www.channel4.com]

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