diminishing returns. occur when hiring new workers causes marginal product to decrease but still remain positive; total product is still increasing, but by not as much as when the previous worker was added.
'It sure almost destroyed the Golden Gate Bridge,' he said. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington - a suspension bridge whose designer also worked on the Golden Gate - had twisted and snapped in about 40 mph winds a little more than a decade earlier. That 1940 collapse was captured on film.
Sunshine Skyway: The Day the Bridge Came Down June 30, 2015 Lenny Flank 3 Comments In 1980, a cargo freighter ran into one of the major bridges over Tampa Bay, collapsing it and killing 35 people. It was the worst shipping accident in Tampaâs history. The rebuilt Sunshine Skyway bridge. The predawn morning of May 9, 1980, was cloudy and rainy in Tampa Bay, Florida. By 7:30am, the Bay was in the grip of a fierce summer subtropical thunderstormâwinds were reaching 60mph, and heavy sheets of rain reduced visibility to just a few yards.