The Great Translation Movement 大翻译运动(@TGTM_Official):Japanese bridge design prioritizes minimizing deaths and major damage in disasters over making structures unbreakable. Engineers deliberately plan failure points and deformation modes. After the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake, “fall-prevention devices” were added to the Road Bridge Specifications so bridge decks/beams won’t completely drop even if damaged—exactly why the bridge deck here was wrecked but stayed in place instead of collapsing to the ground.

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2026.07.29 02:42

Japanese bridge design prioritizes minimizing deaths and major damage in disasters over making structures unbreakable. Engineers deliberately plan failure points and deformation modes. After the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake, “fall-prevention devices” were added to the Road Bridge Specifications so bridge decks/beams won’t completely drop even if damaged—exactly why the bridge deck here was wrecked but stayed in place instead of collapsing to the ground.