Engineers noted bolt slippage even after passed tests

Managers overseeing construction of the ill-fated ceiling in the Interstate 90 connector tunnel in 1999 were baffled to see ceiling bolts ``creeping out" of their holes even after they had passed a strength test, according to engineers' notes. (Full article: 903 words)

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