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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/florida-bridge-collapse-crack.html [nytimes.com]

Hours before the collapse of a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University on Thursday, the engineering company for the bridge met with the construction manager and representatives from the university and the Florida Department of Transportation to discuss a crack on the structure, according to a statement from the university released early Saturday.

The engineering company, Figg Bridge Engineers, delivered a technical presentation on the crack, the statement said, and “concluded there were no safety concerns and the crack did not compromise the structural integrity of the bridge.”

Six vehicles remain trapped under the bridge, with four of them very difficult to extract, Maurice Kemp, deputy mayor of Miami-Dade County, said.

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