They are blaming this on dredging, yet they admit that "after standing solidly for the last hundred years, has collapsed in light monsoon rain" and it "had withstood not only major typhoons such as “Maemi” and “Sara” but also the greatest Korean flood in the 20th century, in 1925"
Sounds like a lot more than dredging...maybe plate movement??
The Waegwan Railroad Bridge in Yangmok Township, Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang Province (also known as the “Bridge of National Defense”), after standing solidly for the last hundred years, has collapsed in light monsoon rain. The bridge, which, after being built across the Nakdong River in 1905, had withstood not only major typhoons such as “Maemi” and “Sara” but also the greatest Korean flood in the 20th century, in 1925, is a registered modern cultural property.
The bridge collapsed at around 5:15 a.m. on June 25. The Nakdong River had swollen due to rain that had been falling since June 22, when the bridge’s second pier suddenly collapsed, leaving a 100m stretch of the bridge stuck in the water. Several thousand people cross the bridge, now used by pedestrians only, every day, but the fact that the collapse occurred in the early hours of the morning meant that there were, luckily, no injuries.
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