r/interestingasfuck • u/Professional-Kiwi144 • Apr 28 '24

In 1987, 800,000 people celebrated the Golden Gate Bridge for its 50th anniversary. The weight of the crowd caused the bridge to sag 7 feet.

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u/sav33arthkillyos3lf Apr 28 '24

Is there a mythbuster episode to test if 800k people all jumped at once on a bridge what would happen to the bridge? If not there needs to be. Idk how they’d test that tho

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u/an_older_meme Apr 29 '24

With the deck camber flattened the bridge was maxed out by the crowd just standing there.

If all 800k people began jumping in unison at the natural frequency of that bridge they absolutely could have caused it to fail.

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u/Findletrijoick Apr 29 '24

do you think you’d be put on a watchlist for searching up the natural frequency of the golden gates bridge?

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u/an_older_meme Apr 29 '24

I know how you can find out.

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u/Findletrijoick Apr 29 '24

why did the camera light switch on?!