The Kerch Strait bridge has been struck by an explosion.
Leaving aside the military implications to other experts (and plausible deniability for Ukraine), let’s look again at the structural engineering implications for this bridge and outcomes for the rest of the war (1/x)
When I reviewed the damage for the Antonovski bridge, I remarked that the Kerch Strait bridge would constitute a more difficult challenge. That challenge has been accepted (by… someone) and the result is as good as we could expect, even though the bridge is repairable IMO (2/x)
From the images I can see, this section consists of box girders, concrete elements designed to mimic steel girders over long distances. The holes you can see on the surface are bad enough… those distribute loads to vertical elements (2/x)
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