Most of those photos don't do it justice, they make it look like a few meters of concrete block over a stream.

This is the only one that shows the scale: https://assets-varnish.triblive.com/2022/01/4691113_web1_ptr...

It is a "major" bridge. I've driven over it more than a thousand times, given that it was on my commute route for several years of my career. Had this collapsed at rush hour, 5pm, two of four lanes would have been filled with cars backed up waiting in traffic.

The best photo I can find of it to see the scale:

https://twitter.com/shadow/status/1487051654121807875/photo/...

It is the bridge on the bottom.

It's major for impact. This bridge carries a significant thoroughfare between two of the neighborhoods on the edge of town. It's a primary avenue for several bus routes.

Traffic is going to be an absolute nightmare until they restore it.

Properly maintained bridges of any size shouldn’t randomly collapse. It’s always major.

Maybe it's the weird capitalization, or that I'm not a native English speaker, but "Major Bridge Collapses" to me sounds like the title of something. Aka a list of collapses, a book, long article about some history or whatever. Not something happening right now. So to me the title was underwhelming, not an exaggeration, because of that misunderstanding.

It is very major. There are only 3 roads that cross this (nearly 3 mile) ravine that cuts off a huge portion of the city's population: a local 2-lane neighborhood road, Forbes (this bridge), and the limited access interstate.

Maybe not major for Pittsburgh, land of bridges, but sure would be major elsewhere. The thing is huge!

Looks pretty big to me. Granted, it's not the Mississippi but as long as an articulated bus is involved with lots more "bridge" that felt I'd say is pretty big.

I used to live two blocks from this bridge. At evening rush hour it’s bumper to bumper traffic

Not as bad as like the fort Pitt bridge collapsing or something, but still a big deal

I also think the bridge is pretty high up, I'd say around 40-50 feet high.

Thankfully below it was a nature trail. Could have been worse if it was one of the bridges over the rivers or highways.