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A tunnel would have been a much better option, certainly safer, and no, don't gimme that line on hazardous materials can't go in tunnels, because they can. I agree that this bridge is about as ugly as they come.

When the cinematography and music are better than the quality of the actual construction. Great video.

I was an apprentice with John's and Waygood during the reconstruction. I worked on the fabrication of the deck panels and the box girders girders. I visited the site during reconstruction reconstruction

Apparently the '' Box Bridge Construction '' Had some problems In England ??

Very interesting. I was there as a rescue worker for the Port Emergency Service.

what a beautiful bridge

It's only a matter of time before the bridge collapses again due to the huge unplanned weight of the steel suicide fencing along its entire length.

great old film clip thanks

I really like the porn music in the background

Westgate Bridge original design, designed and engineered by Freeman, Fox, Fcukups inc.

Freeman and Fox were experts in designing bridges to collapse. They had 2 bridges collapse under construction in 1970.

(9:52) You will hear contextual reference to the "the many [steel] boxes that were assembled in the old method". By this, they mean the method used before the collapse. The collapse was in large part caused by the construction method and the inexperience of the experts who were in charge. For those interested, have a read of the Royal Commission Report into the collapse. www.westgatebridge.org/sites/default/files/downloads/report-of-royal-commission.pdf

With a dude named Oscar Meyer in charge... :(

Boasting of safety whilst showing men without hard hats

what a shit bridge. was never designed to carry the weight it carries now. ugliest eyesore in melb, you cannot beat the bolte bridge for looks, lighting and strength. the westgate has to be the most depressing bridge to be on and looks like absolute shitday and night. the new tunnel will ease weight off the bridge especially trucks.

The beast the gate the west gate lol

At 20.47 you can see the absolute shoddy concreting of the span, there is heshin fabric and steel protruding from the inside corner of the piece being moved

that toll complex, is that the building next to fishermens bend holden, now gone, but there was a tunnel you could cross under, up until about... 2002 maybe ..jesus did they just breeze over the disaster ,thats horrible they barely mention it

Thanks!

When I was in primary school North Melbourne! I remember we went on a school excursion to West Gate bridge this was after the collapse! I remember walking on the bridge as a 5 year old

I was an eight year old boy attending Yarraville State School, I saw it fall and was at the site as they pulled bodies from the river and lined them up against a cyclone fence.

Hello, thanks for uploading this film. I'm working on a documentary about the West Gate Bridge and would be keen to use some of this footage. Do you own the rights to this video and would you be happy for us to use it? Happy to continue the discussion via email. Thanks!

Why wasn't the same structural analysis applied to the box girder design before it was built not after it collapsed?

30:13 Just a throw-away mention of “the collapse of the span”.

The workers were the true Heroes. The engineer's and managers have nothing to be proud of. 38 Brave workers lives lost. R, I.P. there's a plate on the eastern side on one of the columns that names all the workers who lost their lives .

HI there - just wondering where you obtained this footage from? We are wanting to seek permission to use it. best to email me at: nicole@shanejacobson.com.au. Thank you

MY DAD NEW ON OF THE GUYS THAT WORKED AND HAD A NIT TO DO WITH THE ENGINEER SIDE OFIT AND DAD ALWAYS SAID TO ME THAT IT WAS THE WRONG GRADE OF BOLTS THAT WAS BEING USED AT THE TIME WICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLLAPSE AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE OTHER THINHS YOU HEAR THE MEDIA AND NEWS FOOYAHE GO ON ABOUT. I HAD JUST TURNED 8 YEARS OLD WHEN IT OPENED AND STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME GOING OVER THE BRIDGE. WHEN THOSE BOLTS LET GO TJEY SOUNDED GUN SHOTS HAD RANG OUT JUST AS THE SPAN CAME CRASHING DOWN ,MUM WAS IN THE CBD AT THE TIME THE INCIDENT HAPPEND AND THOUGHT SHE HEARD GUNSHOTS GOING OFF AND TO FIND OUT THAT EVENING NEWS THAT THE BRIDGE HAD COLLAPSED AND THE GUNSHOT SOUNDS WAS THE ACTUALLY SNAPPING AS THE SPAN CAME DOWN.

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First lol

can tell it was made by the builder , only how good it is , no mention of bridge fail or reconstruction , :)

this was a joke of a documentary hardly mentioning the collapse in 1970 and those poor 37 blokes who perished.

HOW ABOUT ALL THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST