VIDEO OF THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSING

this is why they call it a SUSPENSION bridge, Doctor. no rebar, gtfo ... you know better than that. those 'supports' are not here to 'support' anything about the structure, but to tie off the tension cables. So yes, whatever else happened in that incident, when one snaps, of course the other fails as well. I'm no engineer, but your 'theory' does not hold water, NATO naval standards, whatever...