American reacts to The Tasman Bridge disaster

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[@Guy40067]

As a tasmanian, my father was on the bridge that night, he was in the car before the one that was hanging off the edge.

[@robertyoung7003]

…AND …. If you look into that bridge collapse even closer you will find out that car not only survived that collapse the guy still owns that car today !!!!! …

[@andrewmcgifford8647]

I was doing my honours degree at uni of tasmania when the bridge went down. I crossed the bridge about 10 minutes before it was hit and I saw the Lake Illiwara approaching. The girl that was in the car that was teetering on the edge was recovering at a mates place for months after the event. The mess left behind was EPIC.

[@robynmurray7421]

This was not a great decade for bridges in Australia. As well as the Tasman Bridge disaster, there was the Westgate Bridge collapse in Melbourne and the dreadful Granville disaster in Sydney, in which a train packed with commuters ran off the rails and hit the pylon of an overhead bridge, which collapsed onto the train, killing 83 passengers.

[@BlessedBe70]

With inflation $40,000,000.00 would be in excess of $338,000,000.00 today.

[@robertwhittle6350]

Ive seen that green Monaro on display at the motoring museum at Launceston, Tasmania. Still owned by the family and on loan to the museum.

[@garyparremore4547]

I drove over the bridge earlier on that night on the way to the Drive-ins and at the interval an announcement said “If you live on the Eastern shore you can’t go back because the bridge has been knocked down by a boat.” You can imagine the response.

[@leandabee]

I've been watching the Baltimore bridge disaster by an engineer on youtube since it happened. I found it similar to the Tasman Bridge disaster. I was 15 when it happened and as a Tasmanian it really did change lives. One must realise that technology and state of art equipment wasn't available in '75, not like now in 2024. I was watching the amazing equipment that was taking away the bits of giant twisted metal from the Baltimore bridge and how it's been done so quickly. Also 44 mill was an incredible amount of money back then. My Mum refused to drive over the bridge ever again.

[@muddymaker3721]

If that happened in China today they would have a new one built and back in operation within a month🇨🇳 Their engineering is on another level compared to the rest of the world today. When it comes to building new infrastructure, they have surpassed every Western nation by miles🇨🇳

[@suemontague3151]

In 1970, the Westgate Bridge 🌉 in Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 collapsed

[@veyrenwolf6530]

A $44M repair in 1977 would be around $291M today (in Australia)

[@user-vd4cj3im8m]

The ship lake Illawarra is still down there, they could not bring it up as it is hard up against one of the bridge pylons. If they bring it up it will bring the whole bridge down. There are periodic safety checks done to ensure the ship doesn’t move due to currents over time. Also at the inquest it was found the Captain had consumed Whisky and therefore was impaired on that night. Losing his license for a few months is not justice for the loss of life he caused that night. R.I.P to those 12 people.

[@bhsaproduction]

If you ever go on a tour boat ride around the Tasman River, the skipper of the boat will show you where the accident happened, provide a brief story of the events at that time etc, some of the tour boats even have pictures of the cars hanging over the edge. Having lived in Hobart for 3 years I became very familiar with the bridge, the story and how far away from the city everyone had to drive until the temporary bridge was erected. One thing the video didn’t mention was the Hobart Airport is on the east side of the river - not the city (west) side.

[@kathleenshackcloth6903]

I live in Hobart and can remember this disaster very clearly. A member of my family was on the bridge but were able to turn around and exit the bridge. They tried to warn a police officer who was attending a traffic stop, unfortunately the officer did not believe them. It totally divided Hobart ,we had to use ferries to get to school or work or drive a long way to another bridge north of Hobart. It encouraged the building of another bridge a little further North.

[@heartshapedisle]

I live in Tasmania and worked in mental health here in Hobart and Sydney. I've known people who were impacted their whole lives by being either on the bridge or on the ship. I've met Murray. A real character.

[@kathleenshackcloth6903]

From the opening of the repaired bridge every time a ship goes under the bridge is closed to traffic.

[@GaiHinson]

Thanks Ryan, you show more information on Australia than I have ever known. 😂

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

I go over the bridge to and from work every day. They still stop traffic whenever a large ship goes under it to this day.

[@ausbornbred7358]

The shipwreck is still down there at 110 feet below the surface.

[@Minris1]

My great uncle was still crossing the bridge when it happened.