Would a 20-Mile Bridge With 2,000lb Limit Collapse if a Bird Landed on a 2,000lb Car Halfway Across?

Would a 20-Mile Bridge With 2,000lb Limit Collapse if a Bird Landed on a 2,000lb Car Halfway Across?
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Here is a crafty brainteaser that may have you scratching your head haplessly as you try to shake off those morning workday grogs. Just the thing to get your noggin warmed up for the rest of the day.

Puzzle: A car weighing exactly 2,000 pounds begins traveling on a 20-mile-long suspension bridge, which has a weight-carrying capacity of exactly 2,000 pounds. At exactly halfway across the bridge, a 200-gram bird swoops down from the sky and lands on the car. Will the bridge collapse?
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