A steel tension tie holding up a 1973 bridge that carries Interstate 40 over the Mississippi was found split most of the way through, and traffic in both directions was stopped within hours on May 11, 2021. Ultrasonic testing of the other welds turned up 12 more with hydrogen cracks no eye could see.

1.0United States News Beep | NewsBeep.comhttps://www.newsbeep.com/usNEWSBEEPhttps://www.newsbeep.com/us/author/newsbeep/A steel tension tie holding up a 1973 bridge that carries Interstate 40 over the Mississippi was found split most of the way through, and traffic in both directions was stopped within hours on May 11, 2021. Ultrasonic testing of the other welds turned up 12 more with hydrogen cracks no eye could see.rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="25Q7fX2BD2"><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/846037/">A steel tension tie holding up a 1973 bridge that carries Interstate 40 over the Mississippi was found split most of the way through, and traffic in both directions was stopped within hours on May 11, 2021. Ultrasonic testing of the other welds turned up 12 more with hydrogen cracks no eye could see.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/846037/embed/#?secret=25Q7fX2BD2" width="600" height="338" title="“A steel tension tie holding up a 1973 bridge that carries Interstate 40 over the Mississippi was found split most of the way through, and traffic in both directions was stopped within hours on May 11, 2021. Ultrasonic testing of the other welds turned up 12 more with hydrogen cracks no eye could see.” — United States News Beep | NewsBeep.com" data-secret="25Q7fX2BD2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.newsbeep.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.newsbeep.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Untitled-Design-2026-09-12T003634.971-768x403.png600315