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(Launched?) bridge collapse during construction in Japan

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It looks like they were building the superstructure and substructure at the same time. There are false work towers that appear to have jacking strands supporting a beam which the new superstructure is bearing on.

It amazes me how often there are construction failures of this magnitude.
 
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