Engineering Catastrophes S7E1: Pacific Coast Bridge Collapse
- Aired: 2023-10-18
- Time: 21:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
Overview
Residents along the Pacific Coast Highway (California Highway 1) are cut off from the outside world after a 2017 storm caused the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge near Big Sur to buckle. Experts reveal how the construction method of the old concrete bridge left it vulnerable to erosion on the steep coastline.