Woking Borough Council said the old bridge had reached the end of its life.
The old bridge would have used a different kind of system, so it's hard to say.
The old bridge was demolished over Christmas and the new one will be installed over Easter.
If sensors had been installed on the old bridge, would they have provided enough warning to prevent disaster?
Project manager Tony Bathmaker said the old bridge had been in place since 1921 in "a pretty hostile environment".
The road will be closed overnight again at the end of the month to take down the old bridge.
He said the old bridge was affected by tides, a fast-flowing river, and foundations that had "taken a pounding" over the years.
There was something spectral about the sight of the old bridge at Mostar - as though the normal laws of the physical universe did not apply to it.
The army hopes to install a pontoon bridge to reach the part of the village cut off since the old bridge was swept away by the mud on Monday.
Mr Stevenson said the old bridge would be used by public transport and cyclists and that the government was looking at a number of ways of mitigating the potential impact of increased traffic on Edinburgh and the surrounding towns.
The Old Mostar Bridge, the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan, and now the Mausoleums of Timbuktu.
The old Severn Bridge on the M48 was shut as gales rushed in from the Bristol Channel.
The Old Severn Bridge between England and Wales is partly closed because of high winds.
They include demolishing the old link bridge and replacing old canopies and platforms.
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The Environment Agency is working with local councils to put sandbags across the Welney Road (A1101) at the Old Bedford Bridge.
Loren and I walked the railroad tracks along the river coming back from fishing the big pool under the old iron bridge, and I couldn't remember a lovelier evening before or after our world changed.
The work involves screening off sections of the bridge before old paintwork is removed and any repairs carried out on the bare steel.
At the border of life and death, said a folktale, there was a river called the River of Forgetting, and on the bridge an old woman called Mrs.
The M48 old Severn bridge and Second Severn crossing were closed due to ice, but have since reopened.
"We visit historic bridges and remote sandy islands, " he says, "stop at Bahia Honda State Park for lunch...then a three-mile paddle to the take-out at the historic Old Wooden Bridge fishing camp".
The existing 84-year-old Ambassador Bridge is the busiest commercial link between the two countries.
The 180-year-old bridge spans 160ft (49m) of the River Wye between Wales and England.
"He symbolises a renewal of the Haitian music industry as he created a bridge between the old and new generation, " reads his website.
Watson stood against the back wall of the bridge, near an old brass pilot wheel, and bit his upper lip.
The group met just outside the Black Friar, an ornately decorated pub built in 1905 on the site of an old Dominican friary near the Blackfriars Bridge.
Using their deep knowledge, and social savvy, the sisters are using tastings, events, speaking engagements, and more to build a bridge between the old-world nature of whisky and the demand for quality they see in the marketplace.
The entry point to the province is over a 100-year-old bridge, which connects this northern territory to the province of Punjab.
Authorities said the remaining section of the bridge has been examined and won't need replacing, raising questions over whether more failures could occur if the 58-year-old bridge's design isn't altered.
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In August, a 36-year-old man died after falling from the A48 bridge into the River Neath, while a 33-year-old man died in February.
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