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well i think it changes because to much weight probably the bridge could move or to much weight it could fall out these are my thoughts.

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Any bridge is designed individually, to suit its type and expected maximum carrying load and its local conditions including for example, wind loads. It is also designed with a "Factor of Safety" - a multiplier of the maximum load; so a bridge designed to take 100 tonnes working load with a factor of safety of 3, will take 3 x 100 = 300 tonnes without failing - but be on its utmost safe limit at that excess.

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