After the accident and as a result of failure of the nine cables, the west cantilever end of the girder – the same side that had been supported by the ruptured cables – moved downwards by 2.08 meters while at the other side, it moved 0.84 m downwards. Because of the urgency of the situation, engineers first installed and then ‘jacked’ nine temporary cables to stabilise the bridge girder then to return it as close as possible to its original, pre-fire position.