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Why America’s Oldest Steel Bridge Refuses to Die

Long-form14:01Education

Published Oct 11, 2026, 2:30 PM · 4d ago

MegaBuilds
MegaBuilds
120K subscribers · median 91.8K views
Views
15,642
+38 views/hour
Likes
265
1.7% of views
Comments
22
0.14% of views

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Views / hour now
38
measured 6h ago
Peak views / hour
60
15h ago
Avg views / day
3.6K
since upload
First 24 hours
—
not tracked from upload
vs channel median
0.2×
Rank in channel
#18
of 20 tracked
Engagement
1.8%
likes + comments / views
Est. ad revenue
$156–$375
lifetime, $10–24 RPM

Views over time

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Description

They said it wouldn’t carry its own weight. It went bankrupt, cost 14 lives, and lost every train it was built for, yet it’s still standing on the Mississippi 150 years later. This is the story of the bridge that refuses to die, and the secret buried 100 feet beneath it.
Tags
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Details

Published
Oct 11, 2026, 2:30 PM
Length
14:01 (841 s)
Format
Long-form
Category
Education
Audio language
EN
Quality
HD
Captions
No
Made for kids
No
Licensed content
Yes
Video ID
_MQt5s7T8gM

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