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Most bridges here do, and often when one needs to be demolished and rebuilt, the military blows it up just for practice.

Edit: Source for the sceptics

The deep demolition, which became a central element in Finnish post-war demolition tactics, and especially the development of readiness to counter surprise attacks that emerged as a threat scenario in the 1960s, received significant support immediately after the wars. The decision concerning structural demolition preparations for bridges was made on January 15, 1946. These preparations meant building charge wells, charge chambers, charge pipes, and charge hooks. Authorities responsible for constructing bridges were required to include the aforementioned structures in their plans, which significantly improved the readiness to destroy the bridges.

If it was not possible to place the charge space inside the abutment or pier, charge hooks could be embedded in the supports during the casting phase, to which the charges could then be attached.

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[โ€“] ameancow@lemmy.world -1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I stopped caring and blocked your annoying ass

[โ€“] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Sure you did.

I know, it's annoying when someone asks for something to make sense when you've already decided it's true no matter if it does or doesn't make sense.

"Charge PITS", not "nails" or "hooks".