I'd love to see a few examples, since you're so versed on the subject. I'm not a civil engineer by any means, but I imagine the people who designed and built that bridge knew what they were doing. There are likely limitations imposed by the site bathymetry and other things we don't know about.

You can get a good look at the aftermath here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WssFXRzRVLU

I'll be interesting to see how they choose to rebuild it.