Kirk here. Joe and I have posted about what made the Myoken Bridge in Yatsushiro resilient enough to only fail partially and not collapse completely. Here's the address of my post (which was nowhere near as popular as Joe's but has more detail; it's the first in a series of four with links to the follow-ups in a comment):

2026-09-04 13:17 JST 2026

https://www.facebook.com/1379708514190936/posts/1489000616595058

Despite the good safety features, it looks like it will take a while to fix.

Quake-damaged expressway in Kumamoto to take at least 2 years to repair

Repairs to a section of an expressway in Kumamoto Prefecture damaged by a powerful earthquake in July will take at least two years, the road's operator said. The magnitude-7.1 temblor damaged a joint on one of the bridge girders of the Minami-Kyushu Expressway in Yatsushiro, creating a 1-meter heigh...

https://japantoday.com/category/national/quake-damaged-part- …

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